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frostokovich: Do Cretins Take Over Every Time There's a War? The Answer: Yes

In 1918 the US Government instituted a program to round up and put into detention camps women who were believed to be prostitutes working on or near US military bases. Government agents set traps for and rounded up real prostitutes. There are reports of Feds hiding in bushes in parks, waiting to spring out and jump any woman who walked by on the arm of a soldier. These WWI Homely Security boys also arrested what were called "Charity girls." Charity girls were young women who picked up soldiers and sailors for a fun night out--you know, just a smoky, boozy night of carousing, and if there was sex in the bargain, what the hell, sometimes that's what we want. In some cases, like those walks in the park, the women were just in the wrong place at the wrong time. They were arrested anyway.

I did not know about this.

If you need a palate-cleanser afterwards, read various web comic artists on liking their women like they like their coffee. For the record, Drew has the one I always use.