Bordels militaires de campagne (BMCs) were French military brothels in North Africa under colonial occupation. This system was extended to metropolitan France during the First and Second World Wars due to fears of sexual violence or consensual relationships between Moroccan men and French women. Even after brothels were banned in metropolitan France in 1946, French military authorities illegally brought hundreds of Moroccan women to France to work in BMCs because of the Moroccan soldiers still present in the metropole. With poor living conditions, underage labour and a high workload, French military brothels exploited Moroccan women to theoretically ‘protect’ European women against sexual violence from Moroccan men. This was based on a racialized understanding of Moroccan masculinity. This article uses the experiences of these Moroccan women and details of the sex work system in Morocco to understand the systemic cruelty behind the operation of these French military brothels.

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在宗主国和殖民地之间：二十世纪殖民地摩洛哥和法国的 Bordels militaires de campagne

Bordels militaires de campagne (BMC) 是殖民占领下北非的法国军事妓院。由于担心摩洛哥男性和法国女性之间存在性暴力或自愿关系，该制度在第一次世界大战和第二次世界大战期间扩展到法国本土。即使在 1946 年法国大都市禁止妓院之后，法国军事当局仍非法将数百名摩洛哥妇女带到法国在 BMC 工作，因为摩洛哥士兵仍在大都市。由于生活条件差、童工和工作量大，法国军队妓院剥削摩洛哥妇女，理论上是为了“保护”欧洲妇女免受摩洛哥男子的性暴力。这是基于对摩洛哥男子气概的种族化理解。