Profile of a Typical Thai Prostitute

Approximately two-thirds of farang-oriented prostitutes probably have nearly all of the following in common:

* Born and grew up in Isaan - the poor northeast
* Have the standard 6 years of government-funded education (or less)
* Has worked on a family rice farm during the planting and harvesting periods
* Previously worked in difficult and low wage jobs (e.g, Eu.100/month, 60 hours/week), e.g., textile factory, helper of a street food vendor, etc., during non-planting/non-harvesting time
* Didn't go to entertainment places until entering prostitution
* Brought in by a trusted friend, eased into prostitution slowly but now easily goes with men
* Content with their current occupation, having lots of fun hanging out with their friends in a fairly stimulating environment with money
* Still doesn't drink alcohol or do drugs
* Brings money to their provincial home regularly
* Family doesn't know they work as a prostitute (until they bring a farang home)
* Lacks self-discipline when it comes to developing skills useful for other work
* Has very simple outlook on life -- likes to be with friends (they tend to be in groups in the bars), eat Isaan food, wake up late
* Have become skilled to some extent at "entertaining" foreign men

More than half have these additional traits:

* Offspring with a deadbeat Thai father (ex-boyfriend or ex-husband), which adds financial pressure
* Offspring being raised by parents in province, not Bangkok
* Significantly greater than average monetary pressures from home, e.g., for supporting siblings and parents

Typical day in the life of a Thai prostitute:

* Lives in an apartment building populated with other prostitutes
* Wakes up late
* Watches TV a few hours
* Eats a noodle pack if too lazy to go out
* Plays cards and gambles with their friends (the harder core ones tend to be gamblers)
* Eats some tasty, spicy Isaan food on the street or near the bar, with friends
* Takes a motorcycle taxi or regular taxi to their go-go or freelance bar for about 50-100 baht (rather than the 4 baht bus going the same way)
* Gets a customer... sometimes more than one per nite
* Takes a taxi home

Day after day after day ... except the times they go on holidays with farangs, and usually the farang does all the work in making all transport, hotel and other arrangements, with them in tow as companion and entertainer. They have a good time, and the farang has sex but often send them back home prematurely and opts off for other samples of the local flesh.

Some guys try to make a bar girl into a girlfriend. The ones who are "successful" tended to get the lady within the first month or so of her entering the scene. After that, it's usually too late.