• AlDente@sh.itjust.works
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    10 months ago

    It’s the worlds oldest profession and these ladies can make more than engineers in their country. I don’t believe calling them desperately poor is fair.

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      10 months ago

      I’m not talking about the prostitutes. I am talking about the younger Filipino women who get married to older American men so they have money for their family.

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        10 months ago

        I don’t think reality is that black and white. I doubt the vast majority of ladies working in the red-light districts even consider themselves “prostitutes.” Many are waitresses, bar girls, and masseuses. Technically, prostitution is illegal in Thailand. If the relationship you describe is truly just a business transaction, it seems to be in the same venn-diagram circle as “prostitution.”