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[–]just_lesbian_things 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

It's prostitution. Some people would argue that prostitution and sexual exploitation isn't something to joke about. For me, the analogue would be an "Asia" joke with old white men parading around with young Asian women in the background. Neither scenario is funny to me, but I can see why some people would find it offensive.

[–]lefterfield 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Is it...? My impression is that it's mocking middle-aged women who go to Africa to pick up men. I suppose they might be fetishizing the men, but the men who sleep with them might be doing the same. If so... kinda crude I guess, but I don't see how it implies prostitution?

[–]just_lesbian_things 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

middle-aged women who go to Africa to pick up men

It's sometimes called beach boys. This isn't something that just "comes up", they must have researched it. I watched a documentary about it a few years ago. There's sex tourism in Africa where middle-aged+ white women go and pay impoverished African men for sex. The premise is similar to that of middle-age white men going to Asia to pay impoverished Asian women for sex. (Outcome is different, because men are men and women are women- men don't have pimps, men don't get pregnant, and boys are not typically preyed on by older women). Of course, it doesn't describe every instance, but it's definitely a trend. The joke is on the white women who do it, but some people might argue that people being prostituted shouldn't be something to laugh about.

[–]Veneficca 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Not just white women. I've seen articles about black and Japanese women who do the same, often in Jamaica or the DR.