Even in these “enlightened” (we won’t use the word “woke”) times, where everything is visible and almost instantaneous, there are still some elements of being human that are inhuman. We all need something every so often and sometimes we need to look in alternative place. We’re talking about the need for “love” in it’s most primitive sense, and its been like that for thousands of years.
Sex tourists travel with the intention to offend and ruin lives. What can travelers do to help?
Early evening in Bangkok’s notorious Patpong Road district and tourists move through the heaving humidity, the chaos of clubs and holiday dreams.
Here there are two types of traveler, curious, unsuspecting visitors and more conspicuously, those on the prowl, eager to select a girl by the number pinned on her brief costume. Just like circling the numbers on a lotto ticket but with less concern about the consequences.
And it’s a story being played out every night, in every country in the world, not just Thailand and most certainly not only in developing nations.
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