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The kind of Ukrainian woman who wanted to make quick money or find a rich Arab/Chinese/etc man to be a mistress to would have left as easily in 2019 as in 2023. And of course the Belarusian contingent is still substantial despite no official involvement in the war from that country. And the same is true on a proportional basis for other countries like Moldova and so on.
Again I think these cultures are just more tolerant of what is effectively prostitution. Perhaps not openly but on some level. I spend time regularly in the cities you mention (Dubai, KL, Singapore, Bangkok) where hookers are extremely noticeable (30-40% of the female customers at Nobu KL lol) and even at the most expensive places it’s very rare to find white English or American prostitutes. I once had breakfast next to an African American woman I strongly suspect was a working girl in Singapore, but that’s an edge case.
Almost half of Europeans are Slavic and there would have been much more than half without commies, they are also the reason why slavs are so much poorer than westerners. So if you look at the poor white women population numbers slavs dominate, you don't need some cultural effects for this.
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Moldovans seem to the furthest east it goes. Maybe something about Tito inspires surprising chasteness in the mountain slavs, much to my disappointment.
Edited my comment to add another observation, but yeah, it’s an interesting topic. You can’t be a woman in these places without at least observing the dynamics here. My guess is that Slavs have almost single handedly made prostitution non-viable in a lot of these wealthier EM cities for American and Western European women since they absorb pretty much all the demand for blonde white women, and it’s not like the average Chinese or Qatari businessman cares much about whether his blondes are Belarusian or, like, Scottish or something. At the top top end the sheikhs and billionaires might order models or OnlyFans girls, but in terms of who you see around, pretty much all white prostitutes are from the Slavic world.
My own experience is that the only non-slav white women are south american, who for geographical reasons are rarely present in these eastern markets. Market forces could also make it fairly obvious that a pretty western european can find easier ways to make and maintain their money compared to the honestly rough life of an international working girl.
My observations concur in that the top end of the onlyfans/influencer girls are indeed imported by sheikhs, but a strange aspect there is the negative bargaining power of slavs in that specific top end . Perhaps it is my specific circles of depravity, but specifically Australian, South African Irish stewardesses were in demand for whites, with a surprising amount of African influencers being pushed.
And as again, my mountain slav waifu remains elusive.
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