I went and shot some big-ass guns. I shot AKs. Then I went and drove fuckin big-ass cc go-karts. Then I went back and had sex with five hookers.
Best poon I ever had in my life, ever. Then I had drinks, then I had more sex with more hookers. I came back to the ship, and I still had an hour before liberty expired. They got five straight miles of bars and brothels. Fifty cent beers. Anything you want, you can have, all your fantasies man. Beer, girls. I had three girls at the same time. All of them. So he ordered a burger, some fries, and the fry girl. My thoughts and presuppositions on the issue of prostitution has been shaped by interactions with sailors saying these type of things.
Through in a few more interactions with Thai pimps hawking their wares to me in Bangkokβmy perception has been that prostitution in SE Asia is primarily a sex tourism thing geared towards Westerners. So I went to wikipedia my favorite starting place to see if it listed any helpful references. These three red light districts continue to thrive, giving Bangkok a constant influx of tourists from many western countries.
What I found, I thought, was surprising. In other words, while sex tourism has made Thailand notorious, the biggest market is domestic. While this situation strikes me as a modern form of slavery, it seemed that the Thais themselves including upper-class women had quite a different attitude about it.
The feeling was that prostitution had always been there and always would be there. And of course, the men found prostitution to be convenient, and a part of their culture. It was just something they did when they were hanging out with the guys; the next step after drinking or gambling together. But I do think that it is helpful to realize that demand for sex trafficking comes from several different places, and that this is a complicated issues with lots of different stake-holders involved.
