Young Teens Happy With Sex Work: Study

[DisainaM]

today, Sandy reposted an old BKK Post articel from 1994,

good to read again

http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture...d8245b90805f540?

[Ice Maiden]

The younger ones are a little too young to be engaging in prostitution.  They probably lack the knowledge to adequately protect themselves.  I am sure there are some sad stories here.

As for the emotional problems--self obsessed, dependent on others and materialistic--well that sounds pretty normal for teenagers everywhere!  (Not trying to minimize the problem, social impact or health concerns, though).

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Don't generalise teenagers, we aren't all the same.

[The_Moog]

What gives this story its edge is that its teenage boys going on the game.

...and they're probably not gay. They're just doing it for the money to buy a 3G phone, and hate being the 'Slave Bottom' for a 'Leather Daddy'.

<Bit like straight movie actors who have to do gay porn movies to make a living. Many find it hard to get wood.>

Still, better these yobboes bend over and think of Thailand to make a few Baht, rather than mug western tourists.

One can make a case that at least female hookers are performing some function that comes naturally by getting on their backs. They may get some stimulation and fun out of it as well as making an honest living.

Better than working for 180 baht a day in a shoe factory.

Perhaps you could read this post on air please Felix !

(I'm just going to go and hide somewhere before Kat and IJWT see this)

Edited September 15, 2005 by The_Moog

[Ijustwannateach]

It's ok, Moog. Most of us already knew you (and your alter-ego, EoS) are homophobic. It's actually more refreshing that you're being open about it rather than pretending you ACTually aren't prejudiced while posting opinions that clearly are.

"Steven"

[PeaceBlondie]

Her survey for a thesis on a master's degree, and she selects a sample of 12 subjects, probably all from the same one or two boy-bars in Pattaya? That shows you the academic level of Thai universities.

Many of the boys are lying. This was discussed two years ago, on a Thai forum that soon closed, and we estimated that most of the boys in the tourist hot spots were lucky to get two engagements per week, at roughly 1,000 baht. Some only got to keep 600 baht, which is an acceptable rate for freelancers.

It's hard work (yes, hard to get hard) and it's risky. Some are straight boys, most are gay. They are usually poor and desperate. Some manage to keep making over 8,000 baht every month, but most don't. Most dropped out of school after 6th or 9th grade and have no real trade. It's a sad business.

Now that we've hashed this to death, keep in mind that for every underage barboy, there are probably ten underage bargirls in Thailand.

[The_Moog]

Most dropped out of school after 6th or 9th grade and have no real trade

Exactly, under-employment is the scourge of SE Asia (and possibly for a lot of the farangs too).

These boys should get a grip and go and learn a proper trade. Plumbing for instance. Do you know how expensive it is to get a plumber in Madison Avenue?

Plus, after they've fiddled with your stop-cock, they could.......

[Godders]

Young teens happy with sex work: study

PATTAYA: -- Young male prostitutes in Pattaya find nothing wrong with the flesh trade, which allows them to earn enough for a comfortable lifestyle without hard work. So says research by a graduate student from Srinakharintharawirot University.

--The Nation 2005-09-08

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And neither, for that matter, do many university students, who troll the big stores and the Internet for sugar daddies willing to contribute to the cost of their already privileged lifestyles in return for a quick romp with a doxy young enough to be their daughter.

Talk about the pot calling the kettle black. . .