I took the lack of nudity not as a decision of the filmmakers to "be respectful" or for ratings reasons, but as an attempt to comment on the sort of sexual exploitation happening in the brothel. It didn't even matter to the clients that the girls' bodies weren't on full display.
We can't know what went on with each rape, but what we did see (scenes taking place during and right after encounters) suggests the men didn't care to remove the girls' clothes. Their titillation came from dominating the helpless, rather than from a naked woman's body. In a way, the sex comes across to me as almost perfunctory, traumatized men playing at being manly soldiers.
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Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!"--Pres. Merkin Muffley
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