Sex tourists

[RickyR]

In all honesty, the amount of money that 'prostitution' bring into the Philippines is very little in comparison to the general OFW input, and when compared to Thailand it's a very small business. Whilst some of the filipina girls who go abroad within asia expecting to be 'Entertainers' suddenly find that to earn the money they have to offer extra, its still not mega money coming into the country. As for getting involved with a sex worker and falling in love, well... Would you get involved with a girl in prostitution in England? Generally the girl will be from a rougher, tougher, possibly drug related background and it's quite naive to expect a 'Pretty Woman' scenario will work, and would imagine that many of the failed/horror story anglo-asian marriages are with bar girls/sexy girls (mostly Thai). Obviously in some occasions something good comes out as a result, but I would think thats the exception rather then the rule.

[sparky]

In all honesty, the amount of money that 'prostitution' bring into the Philippines is very little in comparison to the general OFW input, and when compared to Thailand it's a very small business. Whilst some of the filipina girls who go abroad within asia expecting to be 'Entertainers' suddenly find that to earn the money they have to offer extra, its still not mega money coming into the country. As for getting involved with a sex worker and falling in love, well... Would you get involved with a girl in prostitution in England? Generally the girl will be from a rougher, tougher, possibly drug related background and it's quite naive to expect a 'Pretty Woman' scenario will work, and would imagine that many of the failed/horror story anglo-asian marriages are with bar girls/sexy girls (mostly Thai). Obviously in some occasions something good comes out as a result, but I would think thats the exception rather then the rule.

some of the nicest people i have met are " prositutes" and would trust them more than a lot of people here in the UK. the drugs thing is tosh- yes there are drugs surrounding prostitution but a lot of girls wouldnt dream of touching them- the same as in a "normal" enviromentthe same as some unfortunatly choose to go down that route

interesting you quote the failed marraiges an in particular thais

there is a big difference between thais and filipinos

thais are brainwashed from a very early age to think that thailand is the centre of the universe and everywhere else is a poor 2nd and everyone else espercially "farang" is worse than 2nd class. therefore take a thai girl out of thailand (also a lot of other cultural issues ,dont get me wrong) and generally they dont adapt very well.

the filipinas -again generally -want to get out of the country/poverty and are happy to relocate


if you could see any figures i would guarantee that western/thai marraiges would have a lot higher failure rate than western/pinay ones

[Northerner]

Unfortunately drugs and prostitution do seem to go hand in hand quite often. I know this because an old friend of mine worked the "mash van". They went round the street girls and gave them free needles and condoms to try and limit HIV in Manchester.

When I say there are over 50 brothels in Manchester, I also mean the surrounding areas (Greater Manchester). The Mash team go into these brothels giving the girls vaccinations as well as advice and support. The brothels they do not get access to will generally get raided as it is often the case that sex slaves are hidden in places that just do not want outside interference.

Keith is correct that the whole industry needs to be legalized and controlled! The problems that would end overnight if only licensed brothels could be operated and any unlicensed brothels meant serious jail time for the owners, then perhaps the trade in kidnapped girls would end.