Removing or preventing vaginal lubrication through practices associated with dry sex increases friction during intercourse, which may be perceived as increased vaginal tightness, and enhanced sexual pleasure for the male partner.[4] Some men who insist on dry sex regard "wet" women to be unchaste.[5] Dry sex can be painful for men[6][7] and women.[1] Dry sex is common in Sub-Saharan Africa[1][2] and it has also been reported in Suriname among Afro-Surinamese women.[8]
Health risks
The practice has been linked to the high incidence of HIV/AIDS infection in Sub-Saharan Africa.[1] The practice is regarded as increasing the risk of transmitting sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) for both partners, including HIV[1][3] in a number of ways. Increased friction during intercourse may cause lacerations in vaginal tissue.[9] Drying the vagina also removes the natural antiseptic lactobacilli which can combat sexually transmitted diseases. Furthermore, dry sex increases the risk that a condom will break because of the increased friction. It may also result in vaginal inflammation and/or traumatic lesions which in turn may increase the transmission of STDs in other ways.The legal status of Prostitution in Africa varies widely. It is frequently common in practice, partially driven by the widespread poverty in many sub-Saharan African countries,[1] and is one of the drivers for the prevalence of AIDS in Africa.[2] (36.9% in sub-Saharan Africa)[3] Senegal and Côte d'Ivoire permit the operations of brothels. In other countries, prostitution may be legal, but brothels are not allowed to operate. In some countries where prostitution is illegal, the law is rarely enforced.
Transactional sexual relationships are particularly common in sub-Saharan Africa, where they often involve relationships between older men and younger women or girls. In many cases, the woman in a transactional sexual relationship may remain faithful to her boyfriend, while he may have multiple sexual partners. In both of these cases, transactional sex presents an increased risk of HIV infection. As a result, transactional sex is a factor involved in the spread of AIDS in Africa.
This page uses the UN system of subregions.
Egypt
Main article: Prostitution in Egypt
Prostitution in Egypt is illegal.[4]
Police department officially combats prostitution but, like almost all
other countries, prostitution exists in Egypt. The prostitutes in Egypt
are Egyptian, Russian, and of many other nationalities.[5][6][7][8]Libya
Main article: Prostitution in Libya
Prostitution in Libya is illegal.[9] Many of the sex workers are from neighboring countries desperate to flee the povery of their countries.[9]Morocco
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Many children are vulnerable as adoption laws in Morocco are very rigid and difficult. Morocco's increasing reputation for attracting foreign pedophiles made it sign various international treaties to deal with the problem.[11][12][13][14] [15][16] Male prostitution exists but is stigmatised.[17] Health services for Moroccan sex workers include OPALS.[14][18][19][20]
Traditionally, women's roles in North African society have been rigidly defined, particularly so with increasing Islamification. Yet the economic and social realities often provide few alternatives to many Moroccan women, and the area has increasingly been seen as permissive to prostitution.[21]
Tunisia
Main article: Prostitution in Tunisia
Prostitution in Tunisia
is illegal, but, as in many other countries, the laws that ban
prostitution are ignored and there are many brothels, tolerated and
regulated by the authorities.[22]Western Africa
Burkina Faso
Main article: Prostitution in Burkina Faso
Prostitution in Burkina Faso is not specifically prohibited by the law, but soliciting and pimping are illegal.[23]Cape Verde
Sex tourism is a major occurrence in Cape Verde.[24]Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
Main article: Prostitution in Ivory Coast
In Côte d'Ivoire,
prostitution itself (exchanging sex for money) is legal, but associated
activities, such as soliciting, pandering or running brothels, are
illegal.[25] The civil war has left many women in need for wages, so some have resorted to prostitution, as there is high unemployment.[26]The Gambia
Prostitution in the Gambia is illegal and a highly social taboo.[27][28][29][30]Ghana
Prostitution in Ghana is illegal, and there is a growing problem of sex tourism.[31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41] Prostitution is a criminal act in Ghana.[citation needed] A high percentage of sex workers are vulnerable to HIV.[42]Defining prostitution in the African context can be difficult, when compared to the situation in Europe, with there being a continuum from marriage to prostitution. If prostitution is defined as "women who sell sex on a regular basis to a number of different clients and without any emotional or long-term basis to the relationships", then such women can be identified in urban Ghanaian settings, but, in between lies a spectrum of sexual relationships that may, for instance, involve longer term relationships, children, and domestic settings.[43]
Guinea-Bissau
Main article: Prostitution in Guinea-Bissau
Prostitution in Guinea-Bissau is a major serious problem with many of pimps also being drug dealers.[44] Because of the poor economic situation many women are tempted by such offers of vice and become addicted to cocaine.[45]Liberia
Prostitution is illegal in Liberia[46] Like its neighbor, Sierra Leone, child prostitution has seen an increase in the aftermath of a civil war.[47]Mali
Mali has problem with teenage prostitution and sex tourism.[48]Niger
Main article: Prostitution in Niger
Prostitution in Niger is illegal.[49]Nigeria
Nigeria has become a major exporter of women for prostitution.[9][50][51][52][53] Deputy president Ike Ekweremadu has proposed a bill to legalise prostitution.[54]Senegal
Prostitution in Senegal is legal and regulated. Prostitutes must be at least 21 years of age, register with the police, carry a valid sanitary card, and test negative for sexually transmitted infections.[55] NGOs working with prostitutes claim that the police abuse prostitutes.[55][56] Senegal is becoming a popular destination for female sex tourism.[57]Sierra Leone
Since the end of the ten-year civil war in Sierra Leone, there has been an increase in child prostitution, especially among children who are struggling to survive.[58] This has happened in spite of the fact that prostitution is illegal in the country.[56]Togo
Main article: Prostitution in Togo
Prostitution in Togo is illegal and punishable for up to 5 to 10 years.[59] In recent years Togo has become a magnet for western sex tourists who are interested in child prostitution.[60]Middle Africa
Angola
Main article: Prostitution in Angola
Prostitution in Angola is illegal and prevalent since the end of the civil war in 2001.[61] Human trafficking from China is major problem which the Angolan government working with Chinese Police.[62]Cameroon
Prostitution in Cameroon is illegal, but it attracts sex tourism from the West, especially for child prostitution.[63] The Cameroonian government has attempted to stop this trade by agreeing to multilateral agreements such as charters against sex tourism, like signing up with the Universal Federation of Travels Agents Associations (UFTAA).[64]Central African Republic
Main article: Prostitution in the Central African Republic
Prostitution is illegal but is run by foreign pimps.[65][66]Democratic Republic of the Congo
Main article: Prostitution in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Prostitution in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is illegal but the government do little to enforce the law.[67] Many Congolese prostitutes are from abroad or homeless children who have been accused of witchcraft.[68][69]Eastern Africa
Burundi
Prostitution in Burundi is illegal.[70]Djibouti
Prostitution in Djibouti is illegal.[71]Eritrea
Main article: Prostitution in Eritrea
Prostitution in Eritrea is illegal,[72] but, according to the 2009 Human Rights Reports it is a serious problem, and security forces occasionally follow women engaged in prostitution and arrest those who had spent the night with a foreigner.[72]|
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