Of course, you find prostitution in
Mauritius as in every poor country you visit. There is in
Mauritius a high number of poverty, there is a large number
of child prostitution found in the island.
Prostitution is very common in Mauritius though not allowed
by the state. You will hear that Mauritian women are very
conservative, but prostitution exists.
Both men and women prostitution are found in Mauritius
island. Men prostitution is more common the last 2-3 years.
The men who prostitute themselves will tell you that they
are just having some fun with some women from international
countries.
A lot of young girls, students start to prostitute
themselves, for some pocket money, some to pay their studies
or just to try because their girlfriends are doing it and
telling them how easy it is to get some money. But when they
prostitute and see how easy they can earn money, they stop
studying and just go on with prostitution, as it is an easy
way to earn some money.
Normally the government doesn’t allow prostitution in
Mauritius but it seems to be tolerated even though they are
trying to make of Mauritius an island without prostitution.
But in countries as Mauritius, you can’t avoid prostitution
as the country has a lot of poor people and prostitution is
known to be the oldest job in the world.
If you go in Port Louis, the capital city of Mauritius, in
“Jardin de la Compagnie” at any time of the day you will
find some Mauritian girls trying to attract some clients.
There is a lot of women and men doing prostitution just to
pay drugs too.
