Popular Post webfact Posted April 8, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 8, 2023 FILE - Dancers wearing face shields dance inside a bar at Patpong nightlife district in Bangkok, July 9, 2020. By Zsombor Peter BANGKOK — From the rows of massage parlors, pulsing night clubs and rowdy bars of Thailand’s gaudy red-light districts, the country’s billion-dollar sex trade operates all but in the open. Technically, the sex they sell is illegal, but a new government-led plan aims to change that. It calls for repealing the 1996 Prevention and Suppression of Prostitution Act, which makes most sex work a crime, and replacing it with a new law, the Protection of Sex Work Act, affirming the rights of sex workers and their places of business to sell sex. The bill’s proponents hope it will help the country’s sex workers — estimated to number anywhere from 100,000 to 300,000 — ply their trade more safely and earn higher wages. Opponents fear it will leave many sex workers exploited by middlemen and trafficking gangs, and clash with the country’s values and traditions. “The law is now out of date,” said Jintana Janbumrung, director-general of the Department of Women’s Affairs and Family Development, which is spearheading the reform effort. By giving sex workers legal status, she said, “they can be workers who have access to the same welfare as other occupations, whose rights will not be violated, who will not be exploited by their clients or sex business operators [and have] a better quality of life.” Full story: https://www.voanews.com/a/thailand-drafts-bill-to-decriminalize-its-billion-dollar-sex-trade/7040409.html -- © Copyright Voice of America 2023-04-08 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. The most versatile and flexible rental investment and holiday home solution in Thailand - click for more information. 3 9 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Celsius Posted April 8, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 8, 2023 Another bill that makes no sense as there is no sex trade in Thailand. 2 2 1 4 1 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sidneybear Posted April 8, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 8, 2023 It's illegal? Who would have thought. 2 2 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Artisi Posted April 8, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 8, 2023 What sex trade? 2 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post quake Posted April 8, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 8, 2023 So Happy endings are official now. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonlover Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 29 minutes ago, quake said: So Happy endings are official now. Not yet. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bob smith Posted April 8, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 8, 2023 what sex work? what are they on about? ive never seen anything of the sort! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bamnutsak Posted April 8, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 8, 2023 (edited) This has about the same chance of passing in the next Parliamentary session as the Cannabis Control Act. Edited April 8, 2023 by bamnutsak 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quake Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 33 minutes ago, Moonlover said: Not yet. I guess the curtain will stay up for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoner Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 my spidey senses are tingling.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Will B Good Posted April 8, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 8, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, sidneybear said: It's illegal? Who would have thought. If I had known that i would have stayed well clear......too late now (after 30 years). Edited April 8, 2023 by Will B Good 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Lucky Bones Posted April 8, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 8, 2023 1 hour ago, Moonlover said: Not yet. Happy Endings not yet official, they are still cumming.???????? 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post expat_4_life Posted April 8, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 8, 2023 Thailand, progressive on policy, first weed, now sex workers. Much better than the absolute prudes that ran the show during and since the Thaksin regime. 4 3 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post d4dang Posted April 8, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 8, 2023 (edited) sex workers vote too....Boys in green fishing?...getting desperate? Edited April 8, 2023 by d4dang grammar 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansnl Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 A lot of revenue will be sorely missed. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post renaissanc Posted April 8, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 8, 2023 The Police in Bangkok, Pattaya, etc., will be crying now. How will they be able to extort money from sex trade workers, bars, and whoever else each month when the law has been passed? 5 1 4 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Snig27 Posted April 8, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 8, 2023 1 hour ago, expat_4_life said: Thailand, progressive on policy, first weed, now sex workers. Much better than the absolute prudes that ran the show during and since the Thaksin regime. I hate to tell you this, but Prayut has been in power for 9 years now and none of these advances had anything to do with his closeted mind. But Thaksin, Thaksin……. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purdey Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 Things will continue but the RTP won't extort money from the girls. I guess the pubs will still be guilty of human trafficking though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post connda Posted April 8, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 8, 2023 That's a good idea. Legalize it and regulate it. And with the regulation of the trade, focus on ending human trafficking, especially under-aged minors. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post klauskunkel Posted April 8, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 8, 2023 (edited) Quote Thailand drafts bill to decriminalize its billion-dollar sex trade I wonder if they thought this through... This means that there will suddenly be prostitutes in Pattaya and maybe elsewhere. Edited April 8, 2023 by klauskunkel 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 5 hours ago, webfact said: From the rows of massage parlors, pulsing night clubs and rowdy bars of Thailand’s gaudy red-light districts, the country’s billion-dollar sex trade operates all but in the open. It must all be an illusion from what we've been previously told. It doesn't exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hotchilli Posted April 8, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 8, 2023 5 hours ago, webfact said: The bill’s proponents hope it will help the country’s sex workers — estimated to number anywhere from 100,000 to 300,000 That's just Pattaya right? 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 4 hours ago, quake said: So Happy endings are official now. No not yet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacessit Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 44 minutes ago, renaissanc said: The Police in Bangkok, Pattaya, etc., will be crying now. How will they be able to extort money from sex trade workers, bars, and whoever else each month when the law has been passed? Nothing will change in that respect. I've seen owners of legitimate businesses not connected with the sex trade making payoffs to police. I assume it's a form of protection to ensure the Thai mafia stay away. Gambling breaks Thai law too, pa som sip is the Thai national card game played in all the rural villages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegman Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 1 hour ago, renaissanc said: The Police in Bangkok, Pattaya, etc., will be crying now. How will they be able to extort money from sex trade workers, bars, and whoever else each month when the law has been passed? Don't worry about them. They will find a way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkk6060 Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 All sounds like a terrible inflationary idea to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mywayboy Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 5 hours ago, Artisi said: What sex trade? Chicken farmers they raise C$%ks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Tongue Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 1 hour ago, connda said: That's a good idea. Legalize it and regulate it. And with the regulation of the trade, focus on ending human trafficking, especially under-aged minors. Nobody cares about that. Legalized = taxable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post madmitch Posted April 8, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 8, 2023 Interesting timing with Parliament currently dissolved and an election due in a month. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKDfella Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 2 hours ago, connda said: That's a good idea. Legalize it and regulate it. And with the regulation of the trade, focus on ending human trafficking, especially under-aged minors. Like many other things I doubt if they will set up an agency to regulate it. If it's going to be anything like 'regulating' (policing) the traffic then...you know what I mean. My guess is that the workers will get little aid but the the Taxman will be thinking 'shall we tax per ฿1000, by client or by service performed'...Wonder if VAT will be added? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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