Good for you chkyjo. Do what you feel comfortable with and have a great 21st!

In reply to Bobmac... Yes, that is an oft churned out argument regarding prostitution and there is some truth in it. Poor families from Isaan do indeed send their pretty young daughters and sons to Bangkok to “catch” rich farangs who will set the whole family up for life.

However I wasn’t talking about prostitution per se …I was talking about the pingpong shows. Culturally speaking, I can’t think of anything more mortifyingly degrading for a Thai woman than having to expose herself in public and perform these acts in front of foreign tourists. It’s far more degrading than being an “ordinary” prostitute who earns a lot of money because she’s beautiful enough for men to be willing to pay her for sex. Unfortunately, as far as pingpong shows are concerned, it’s the slimeballs who run the shows who rake in almost all the money, not the performers.

Maybe their children don't know what their mothers do or don't find out until they grow up. Like many Thai children, they are no doubt brought up by their grandparents. I wonder if even the women's parents realize exactly what their daughters have do to bring in the money.

Yes, these women must have lost their self-respect and dignity long ago. Does that make it OK to go and see one of those shows because it's a "must see" when visiting Bangkok?

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