Committee to consider regulating high-risk entertainment industry

[Paul Henry]

Thank god there is no prostitution in Thailand.This will make it easier for the top end to list and keep control of the entertainment business and ensure all brown  envelopes are correct in weight and additional benefits do not slip through the cracks.(Excuse the pun ).

[dlclark97]

I don't see what the big stink is about.  Recently the police have been periodically walking through one of the most notorious entertainment districts in the world, Pattaya and have never seen any indication that there are prostitutes working there.  Only recently they did find a few foreign ladies offering their services.  

[peter14]

adamant  Thailand ,,,,  head down ....  

[Chazar]

Start with the roads u idjuts

[Nanaplaza666]

1 hour ago, OneMoreFarang said:

First step: Make prostitution legal in Thailand.

Then the working contracts with the pretties can contain exactly what they are supposed to do.

And that is obviously not only about the pretties. 

Its the oldest occupation in the world, and nowhere they have a solution for the pimping,human trafficing and other problems you think you have the solution ?? 

[Penicillin]

1 hour ago, Jimbo in Thailand said:

During the late Vietnam War (1972-73) all prostitutes were registered and regulated since gonorrhea and syphilis was rampant here back then.  Pleasure girls carried a 'VD book' with their photo, registration number, and, stamped pages revealing a history of required periodic medical exams (every 2 weeks IIRC).  A prospective customer could ask to see the book and verify the date of her last 'VD check'.  He could also report her registration number to police if she gave him more than he bargained for. ????????

 

Back to the future, I was actually shocked when I returned to LOS in 2004 to find the government had abandoned this not perfect, but better than nothing, 'VD' regulation and monitoring system.  Go figure.

Booklet really isn’t necessary.  Just ask them directly:

 

“ You clean honey?”

 

”Oh yes handsome man, you no worry, me no porcupine” 

 

or just hand them a simple handy check list....Relying on the honor system of course. 

 

                         Yes         No

Syphilis              ????          ???? 

Gonorrhea          ????          ????

Herpes               ????          ????

Crabs                 ????          ????

fleas                  ????          ???? 

 

[Thaifriends]

To regulate, is possible but what about forced victims? Who will monitor if they will ever be registered.

[scorecard]

44 minutes ago, Dumbastheycome said:

Maybe because as with any system the ""book" was  rubber stamped without any check, just the payment?

If a customer got more than bargained for then any report on the individual should be only as part of investigating who possesses the rubber stamp.

But as you state it is sad to abandon a monitoring system that is even more pertinent with the advent of HIV.

 

 

Yes, VD rampant in those days and there were cases were US and Aust. soldiers were banned from returning home at the end of their tour of duty, sparking (in Australia) complaints to the newspapers that the Aust. PM was deliberately holding soldiers in Vietnam against their will and more. It was policy that the complainants usually wives or mothers) must receive a response but they were never told about VD still uncured. In some cases it took over a year before they were allowed to go home. This was of course 50+ years ago when treatments weren't advanced. 

[Chassa]

'Coyote' in porno parlance is an older woman that likes younger men for pleasure!

[KKr]

many "funny" comments, tears in my eyes but not from laughing.

Regulating the working environment should have been done long time ago.
Compulsory Health checks, Working permits for foreigners,
Access to health insurance, and pay tax.
Would also help control trafficking.
just like in many other countries that look after protecting their citizens.

[peterb17]

Interesting- as usual the men ( I cant imagine there are many women commenting) on Thai Visa are condemning a proposal to perhaps give some protection and regulate the exploitation of women in the ‘entertainment business’ .

As our friend Greta would say - shame on you.

[OneMoreFarang]

36 minutes ago, Nanaplaza666 said:

Its the oldest occupation in the world, and nowhere they have a solution for the pimping,human trafficing and other problems you think you have the solution ?? 

No, I personally don't have the solution.

But in principle it's simple: Prostitution happens. It happens if it is legal or illegal. That can be observed all over the world.

If it's legal then prostitutes have rights. They can go to the police and admit they are a prostitute and they can report a crime if one of their customers misbehaves.

If it's illegal then basically prostitutes have no rights at all. And if the girls can't go to the legal authorities what do they do? They go to the criminals for protection. And what do those criminals do? They exploit the girls. And this goes on and on.

Legal prostitution is not perfect but a lot better than illegal prostitution.

[Gudge]

Some bars in Pattaya still have the ladies checked. I know of one bar that I used to frequent on a regular basis had the room in the back shut down quite frequently as the doctor was there checking the ladies.  

[robertson468]

The death of the "Pretty" and what ever else happened to her whilst she was unconsious is exceptionally sad, but for parliament to legislate on this one incident is rediculous and Thailand being Thailand, the organisers will completely ignore it.  Someone trying to make a name for themselves on the back of someone elses tragedy methinks!

[kevin612]

Pretties make a lot of money from these activities, therefore it is a high risk job. This is call equivalent exchange.

[OneMoreFarang]

11 minutes ago, Chassa said:

'Coyote' in porno parlance is an older woman that likes younger men for pleasure!

You watch the wrong movies!

 

[madmitch]

I'd guess the committee would be like all other Government committees: 90% male, over 60, and nobody in a position to empathise with those they're supposed to represent.

[Almer]

Control control control, dont worry about regulation just bring to justice those willing to break the law and punish, not with 5000 baht in the back pocket but 20 years or so if the crime fits it, that is what all other civilised countries do.

[OneMoreFarang]

16 minutes ago, Gudge said:

Some bars in Pattaya still have the ladies checked. I know of one bar that I used to frequent on a regular basis had the room in the back shut down quite frequently as the doctor was there checking the ladies.  

I know another place where the owner knew at least one of "his" girls had aids. She continued to work there - until she died.

[Shiver]

I think they have drugs for conditions where the brain might 'storm'.  Lithium perhaps?

[scorecard]

23 minutes ago, kevin612 said:

Pretties make a lot of money from these activities, therefore it is a high risk job. This is call equivalent exchange.

And pretties includes both girls and boys. I've had both male and female students in bachelor degree programs who have either openly revealed their 'job' details and/or been discovered and lots of gossip and many others become aware of their 'job'. 

[siamsev]

8 hours ago, wisperone said:

Upset this apple cart and you will see the farang depart like no visa restriction could ever do. It will show the real reason why expats retire here.

So, what your saying is keeping the farang men happy is more important than protection for vulnerable women who are in this business.  Entitled much?

 

[Caldera]

Ah, a committee, that will solve the issue in no time at all!

[jvs]

8 minutes ago, siamsev said:

8 hours ago, wisperone said:

Upset this apple cart and you will see the farang depart like no visa restriction could ever do. It will show the real reason why expats retire here.

So, what your saying is keeping the farang men happy is more important than protection for vulnerable women who are in this business.  Entitled much?

I think you both are mistaken if you believe these pretties deal with foreigners.

I would say almost exclusively Thai customers.The article is not talking about bargirls.

[hobobo]

16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

parliament has organised a brainstorming session

How can you organise a brainstorming session in the absence of any brains?

[raccos21]

First they should take care and give protection to those are on the Bangkok street who looking for help.

[dcnx]

Must protect the beer girls because we don’t have prostitutes.

[bkkgriz]

17 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

These service workers may be required to register with officials, for example, so that the working women – whether pretties, entertainers or coyotes – are legally protected.

And taxed. Big daddy government always wants a cut.

[hotchilli]

17 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

These service workers

????

[RJRS1301]

 

 #46

Posted 2 hours ago

  2 hours ago, Chassa said:

'Coyote' in porno parlance is an older woman that likes younger men for pleasure!

 

 

 

She is a "cougar"