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Emma Goldman, Anarchism and Other Essays Chapter 5 - Patriotism A Menace to Liberty

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Barracks - The Incubators of Sexual Perversion

The number of soldiers who prostitute themselves is greater than we are willing to believe. The growth of the standing army inevitably adds to the spread of sex per sion. Soldiers are no less sought after in france than in england or in germany. Special uses for military prostitution exist both in paris and the garrison towns. Men skilled in a trade seldom enter the army or navy. But even they, after a military experience, find themselves totally unfitted for their former occupations. No peaceful pursuit can content them. Released from the army, they can turn to no useful work.

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