Prostitution in: Thailand

Thailand

Legal Situation:

Prostitution Status: Prostitution is technically illegal, but largely tolerated. It has been culturally accepted for a long time. Prostitutes are never arrested (underage prostitutes are sent to education camps); buying sex is legal. There seems to be a recent crack down on child prostitution though: buying sex from someone under 18 is illegal; every once in a while authorities like to catch a foreign paedophile and send him to a long prison sentence. Nude or even topless dancing is also illegal but is widespread. Pimping and operating brothels is illegal.
Pornography is illegal.
The age of consent: The age of consent is 16. Police discourage girls between 16 and 18 from the prostitution business.

Finding Women:

Magazines with information: unknown.
Newspaper/Phonebook Keywords: unknown

Travel Reports:

Several comprehensive articles about the Thai scene

Other information:

Long travel report #1
Long travel report #2
Long travel report #3
Long travel report #4
Other travel reports
Avoiding tourist traps
Chiang Mai
Chiang Rai
Pattaya
Tourist murders in Pattaya
Phuket
Hat Yai
News clips
A report about the economics and politics of child prostitution in Thailand

Bangkok

The bars in Bangkok.
Scams in the upstairs bars and elsewhere.
Hot tip: the Nana Plaza and the Thermae Coffee Shop.
Massage parlors in Bangkok.
Price updates, bits and pieces.
Hotels that provide girls

External links:

Excerpts from a PhD thesis about prostitution in Thailand (seems like I chose the wrong field...) are here. There's even a map of the interesting area included. The author's home page contains a photo of a Pussy Razor blade Show in Patpong.

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