I wondered the same things. In all honesty, I don’t know. But I still think with anger of a lot of European men who went to these places is search for “exotic” teenagers. Practices that still go on, unfortunately, in many places in the world, notoriously the Philippines and Thailand. And it is not socially accepted, at least nowadays, but pedo-pimps offer young (as young as 5 or who knows) boys and girls to sex-tourists, and often the family is so desperate for money (not that this justifies anything) that they are willing to put their children through prostitution because there is such a HUGE demand. Especially coming from America, Europe, Aus, etc As an example: (1) Professor in Philippines sex abuse case pleads guilty — YouTube