To browse Academia. Nearly four dozen essays on foreign men who have gotten involved with young women in Southeast Asia, principally prostitutes.
Annette Hamilton. The libidinization of Thailand has been a key aspect of the marketing of the country. During the heights of the tourist boom in the s the availability of sexual liaisons was a major attraction. This paper considers the money-love relation as reflected in numerous "memoirs" and short-stories written by farang foreign men.
I argue that while there may seem to be a profound misfit between farang and Thai, there may in another way be a true satisfaction for both: the masochistic male who identifies with the abused woman, the "good woman" who sadistically revenges herself through a clever masquerade of passivity and obedience. Their project are meshed through their mutual disguises. Pierre Le Roux.
In recent years, prostitution and trafficking in women and children for the purpose of sexual exploitation have been steadily increasing at an alarmig rate. Underlying reasons are not only the ongoing process of globalization and the lagging behind of the concerned emerging economies, but also a number of cultural factors specific to this region.
An indispensable work covering all aspects of this complex problem and proffering suggestions to deal with it. Marion Bottero. Kevin D Reyes. The issue of coerced prostitution of Southeast Asians, particularly minors, has since not only attracted American sex tourists, but also international concern and law. Unfortunately, following the war, the sex trade in the region has grown in parallel to the globalizing economy and has ineffectively been addressed by American foreign policy.
