2007-09-21 11:24:27 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ Thailand
It depends on what you mean by "sell". I'd say it used to be true, but it is not so any more.
It is well documented that some poor parents used to "sell" (i.e., they got a loan, which the daughter through her work was to pay off) their daughters. These daughters would often end up as house maids, working in sweat shops, or working in brothels.
Some times, HK Chinese or Japanese males would with the assistance of "brokers" scouting in rural villages arrange to "rent" virgins.
In the 1970s and 1980s, this was common with daughters from Isan and northern Thailand. As wealth spread across the Thailand, the areas of sourcing girls changed to hill tribes and to Myanmar.
From the late 1990s, the girls you'd encounter in local brothels would primarily be Burmese.
While it happens, it is not widespread and it certainly is not something any sex tourist is likely to encounter. You'd have to first find the local brothels (where short time costs 200 baht) or the small sweat shops in order to find indentured girls.
2007-09-22 22:54:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
In a round about way, sadly, yes. By way of some cash, a new TV, washing machine etc. girls are taken from families, often from up north, to come to Bangkok to work in the sex industry. Promises are made and the girls want to try to make money to send back home to look after their families, but rarely does it pan out the way they hope.
2007-09-22 15:08:04 · answer #2 · answered by fauxie81 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have never heard of that. But In my area of Thailand we sometimes get news broadcaste over a PA system ,early in the morning,
One morning It was said beware of people in a van looking to steal children. Apparently some people rescued some kids and called the police but the van got away despite police road blocks,,
2007-09-21 13:18:26 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you can buy one for a night for 1000 baht
2007-09-22 23:42:58 · answer #4 · answered by Daddybear 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course its true. That's what you want to hear isn't It?
And realistically, no they don't. Why buy when the give it away!
2007-09-21 13:31:16 · answer #5 · answered by Traveler 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Its just a legend among foreign tourists.
2007-09-21 21:42:53 · answer #6 · answered by papars 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IT more like you rent one for a night!
2007-09-23 03:08:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES. Anyone that thinks it is not is a naive fool!
2007-09-22 13:16:42 · answer #8 · answered by bkk 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Being ignoramus is a crime to oneself.
2007-09-21 12:38:40 · answer #9 · answered by Makisig 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope it's not true. now you can crawl back into your hole.
2007-09-21 11:40:15 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋