Fascinating stuff reading posts on this thread. Did someone ask about the number of bastards born by foreigners in DR, well, don't get excited I don't have the number. But I can easily tell you that once you found it you can add quite a few zeros (or may be a lot !) in front of it and this new one will be the number of bastards fathered by Dominicans.
As for sex tourism ruining DR, you might be surprised to hear that local Dominican men indulge in prostitutes in hundred times more than tourists. In fact looking at any hot-spots around the world concerning sex tourism you will find the same. I believe the locals and their antics usually promote and encourage sex tourism (even is the cause of it in the first place).
Whoever thinks foreigners are to blame for these problems of the country is living in the coco land - clean up the act of the locals first if you really care to help or do anything positive for those little girls who get pregnant by Dominican guys and set up for a life of misery.... (then they do have to come to Sosua looking for tourists for milk money)...
I?m sure your not aware of the existing laws in the DR to obligate any Dominican male to care for his child, no matter whether fathered in or out of wedlock. These laws existe, and of the many stringent laws in this country, I will tell you, that is among the toughest. This law is fairly simple, either you maintain you child, or you go to jail.
Should any woman get pregnant by a Dominican male, she has many avenues and recourse to her disposal to force that man in taking care of his child. This however, depends on whether the woman decides to force the male by way of the justice system. The fact of the matter is that in the small towns and villages woman for lack of education, don?t normally look towards the system to aid them. This however, is not the case in the bigger towns and citys.
On the other hand, although I?ve never bothered to count, I have seen many little black babies, with blond hair, and fairly lite eyes. Who tends to them, I wonder.