Prostitution in Thailand

“Thailand? Why would you take students to Thailand?” was the question posed when Florencio Ricohermoso, Middle School Math Teacher at Leland and Gray, first proposed leading a student trip to the exotic destination in Southeast Asia. Nearly four years later and made possible by a Herculean fund raising effort, Mr. Rico, also known as Rence, led a group of nine students: two eighth graders, five freshmen, two sophomores and two other chaperones from Townshend, VT to Bangkok, Thailand. Immediately

Human trafficking is a global problem in which globalization have had an important role. There are many forms of trafficking in persons such as sexual exploitation – the most known form –, forced labor, organ harvesting, etc. Its annual profit exceeds of 39 billion dollars, making it the third largest international crime industry, only behind illegal drugs, and arms trafficking. Traffickers use coercion, deception, or abduction to get their victims. They take advantage of the vulnerability of children

tourism industry which in turn will create more job in each country that tourist came. For the example Thailand is the one of most popular of sex tourism in tourist eyes. Almost tourist will come to Thailand between November and February when the climate is relatively cool and dry. Sex tourism is huge in Thailand and there are millions of men who come to Thailand each and every year for holidays that involve playing sex the men tourist come from many different countries around the

believe that the problem persists because Westerners go to third world countries such as Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam where sex tourism is highly known. Recently, a search discovered that local men also have a high demand for young girls. Inclusive, many villages in Southeast Asia have several brothels. Astonishing to many, the members of those communities in fact accept such places where prostitution occurs because in those cultures women are subject as inferiors (Meade). “Modern Slavery”

has lead to the prominence of human sex trafficking. The 1996 Prostitution Prevention and Prevention Act was implemented to punish pimps, procurers, brothel owners and customers, however; this law and many others designed to protect victims of human sex trafficking are poorly enforced. (Gugic,2014365). This lack of enforcement allows traffickers and brothel owners to avoid punishment by the government. For example, “petty spas” in Thailand open for the purpose of relaxation,

Industry: Causes, Effects, and Solutions Thailand is a country with a population of 67.73 million people, approximately 48.2% being women. Of these women, around 1,000,000 of them (~80% under 16 years of age) are involved in sex trafficking and prostitution. When nearly 1.5% of a nations population is involved in an illegal and morally ambiguous industry, it should not be taken lightly (Jones; Hays). This serious issue led to the U.S. State Department putting Thailand on the Tier 2 Watchlist in 2013, dangerously

are the thoughts I was having when I saw that Thailand has a total of around three million sex workers in their country, and the number is increasing. Prostitution is legal but human trafficking is not. How can we make prostitution legal and then not expect is to lead to more human trafficking around the world. Prostitution is the practice or occupation of engaging in sexual activity with someone for payment. Usually when you think about prostitution you think about out of the United States. But

that "UNICEF has estimated that there are more than one million child prostitute in Asia alone." (Andrews, Vol. 94, journal). Also, he states: "While child commercial sexual exploitation has customarily been associated with Asian countries such as Thailand, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Taiwan, it has become a significant social problem in Africa and Latin America, and the trafficking of youth into the sex industry is on the rise in Eastern Europe." (Andrews, Vol. 94, journal). Every years for many

Prostitution has frequently been touted as the world's oldest profession, for the simple fact that it has been prevalent in society for quite some time. In order to properly discuss the many social ramifications of this particular crime and possible ways for dealing with them, it is first necessary to define prostitution and to explore the reason why it is a crime. Prostitution is the exchange of money or monetary assets for sexual favors and pleasure. It is the paying for sex in all of its myriad

Thailand is a country with a population of 67.73 million people, approximately 48.2% being women. Of these women, roughly 1,000,000 of them (~80% under 16 years of age) are involved in sex trafficking and prostitution. When nearly 1.5% of a nation’s population is economically dependent on an illegal and morally ambiguous industry, the issue should not be taken lightly (Jones; Hays). In fact, due to their poor performance in monitoring, and combating, human trafficking, the U.S. State Department ranked