Guest Posted August 1, 2001 Report Share Posted August 1, 2001 Newsgroups: soc.culture.thai Subject: Football and sex workers (the Bangkok Post)July 21 > . > > > * * * * * * * * > > FOOTBALL LURES MORE STUDENT SEX WORKERS > by Aphaluck Bhatiasevi > > Teenage students are more likely to be involved in > sex-for-money during the soccer season, a House > committee study has found. > > "Once we enter the football season, statistics show the > number of students having sex in exchange for money > increases by up to five times," said Somprasong > Phrasuchantarathip, a member of an investigating panel > of the House committee on religion and culture. He gave > details of the study during a discussion on sex in > school at St John's University on Thursday. > > Based on normal activity, male students on average had > sex 7.5 times a year, he said. But during the football > season the frequency increased, equivalent to 13 times > a year. Girls showed an even greater propensity, from > 3.6 times a year to 8.5 during the football season. > > Mr Somprasong, who has been studying the topic for the > past six years, said the number of students working in > the commercial sex industry had risen by 20% since > 1997. > > With the increasing popularity of the Internet and use > of mobile phones, sex-for-sale among students had > become more difficult to control. > > Frequent use of illegal drugs and the influence of > Japanese pornography had contributed to more liberal > sex among teenagers. > > "Currently, there are at least 30,000 students selling > sex, but this was expected to increase to 100,000 > students a year in the next two years," he said. > > About 80% of students working as freelancers were > high-school students, some as young as 13. > > Of about 1,800 students questioned, 20% said they lost > their virginity at age 13. Mr Somprasong said 90% of > the agents are girls who introduce their friends to > customers. > > Youngsters tried to sleep with several men each night, > because they knew their parents were keeping a closer > watch on them amid public concern about teenagers and > sex. > > "Instead of sleeping with one man a night, they have > maybe three a night when they get the chance," he said. > > Most problems occurred among students in the Northeast, > particularly Ubon Ratchathani and Khon Kaen. "Although > in Chiang Mai the girls are available easily and can > hardly be differentiated from real sex workers, > students in Ubon Ratchathani pick up their customers > more openly at pubs and discotheques," Mr Somprasong > said. > > It was considered normal to have sex with a client > right outside a pub, in car parks or on building > terraces. > > In Phitsanulok, students selling sex tried to portray > themselves as bookworms, so they could charge as much > as 1,500 baht. > > The ground floors of many hostels in Muang district of > Lop Buri were meeting points where customers could hire > girl students for sex. Students there kept prices down > to attract more customers. > > Students in Khon Kaen were known for their beauty and > could demand up to 10,000 baht a night, said Mr > Somprasong. > > Most were from well-to-do families and some were even > educated abroad. > > "Some of these girls in Khon Kaen are even called to > other provinces to service big businessmen and > influential figures, because they can play golf and > talk about the stock market," said Mr Somprasong. > Southern provinces like Hat Yai and Phuket were known > to be testing grounds for new drugs, he said. A > substance known as "blue ice" and "twingy" was popular > among young people in pubs and discotheques. > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 1, 2001 Report Share Posted August 1, 2001 Jesus, here we go again. We are going to get ten more threads from dudes asking how they can find these supposed college girls turning part time tricks so as to afford sports cars and precious jewelry. If there were lots of hot, intelligent, upper class, university girls available to farang tourists, the girls' whereabouts ALREADY would be well touted on this board, and I already would have buggered the daylights out of every last one of these "fast lane" bookworms, as pay back for lost time from my university (conservative) days. This article conveys a highly inflated impression of the "scene," and, readers' inferences of its accessibility to farang sex tourists would be even more absurd. Please resist ps--Ozbod, I have no qualms with your posting of the info (and I enjoyed reading it), I just think it may mislead people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 1, 2001 Report Share Posted August 1, 2001 you know, I am living in Tokyo and get to LOS once or twice per year. girls here doing the deed are in for money, money for vacations, Louis Vuitton, I always had a soft spot for those Thai girls supporting families.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarisin Posted August 1, 2001 Report Share Posted August 1, 2001 quote: Originally posted by tokyotom: girls here doing the deed are in for money, money for vacations, Louis Vuitton, I always had a soft spot for those Thai girls supporting families.... Interesting point TT: I reckon if you had a look at a typical bargirl budget you would find three expense categories: 1. Necessities (lodging, food, clothing, transportation, etc.) 2. Money Sent Home (children, other family members) 3. Pissed Away Money (Thai boyfriend, booze, drugs, gambling, jewelry, cell phone, designer clothing, etc.) * Yes, I do make a distinction between family and Thai boyfriend/husband. ** Savings? Sometimes, but rarely. Now, the big question: How would you allocate these three categories for MOST bargirls in Thailand? Based on my experience, I would say: Necessities: 25% Money Sent Home: 50% (especially if kids) Money Pissed Away: 25% Obviously, all this would depend on the particular bargirl, age, job, location, etc. and it is hard to stereotype, isn't it? Also, I think there may be a trend indicating an increase in category 3 - but, which of the other two categories would be decreased to cover? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 1, 2001 Report Share Posted August 1, 2001 Sarisin wrote: quote: Based on my experience, I would say: Necessities: 25% Money Sent Home: 50% (especially if kids) Money Pissed Away: 25% That doesn't sound right. Patpong high earner in the 30-50kbpm (that's an ISO approved unit of 'thousand baht per month') sending home 15-25k? Nah. 2-3k. Maybe 5k. Even her poor little sister plying the trade in Pattaya beer bar, making 10-20kbpm, is hardly sending home 25% of her income. When you hang out with a beer-bar girl for a week or two you see how much goes home. Not that much. For chrissake, we're talking Isaan. 10kbpm would feed a small village. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 1, 2001 Report Share Posted August 1, 2001 girls who really work it here, take home over $100 000 US per year, and that is just hostesses. They make more than most customers who go to the bars gotta be careful though, some customers spend a lot of coin on the girls with presents, trips, etc and then expect something back which the girls may not be willing to give. this has in the past, tragic consequences Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stickman Posted August 2, 2001 Report Share Posted August 2, 2001 Obviously every girl is different but in my experience, the girls seem to send somewhere between 3000 - 10000 baht a month home to family. Where the rest of it goes it a mystery as for many of them, apart from a mobile phone and perhaps a few baht of gold, there never seems to be too much left over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted August 2, 2001 Report Share Posted August 2, 2001 Has anyone ever stopped to figure that many more girls go on to secondary school nowadays than 20 or more years ago? Thus the number of girls becoming prostitutes may not actually have increased. Simply the percentage of those who are still students has. Just a thought ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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