2014-04-21, 19:31
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Whilst other feminists, often from the West have pointed that prostitution must be suppressed since it is an example of sexual exploitation, which in this overview has been seen by authors to be blamed on structural factors, such as religion and cultural factors, where women are perpetuated by a strongly patriarchal society


Women activists in Thailand have over the last three decades held strikes, protests and complained for better working conditions and against sexual harassment.They, argue that ‘sex workers’ are workers and consequently prostitution should be decriminalized, since the current law penalizes women, further meaning that if prostitution was decriminalized, they then could be protected under the labour laws.


What is notable is that the scholars arguing for women’s agency many times are coming from Asia (in this study authors Phongpaichit, Gangoli and Pattanaik) while those who argue that women are victims, and are often Westerners (authors Jeffrey, Brody and Westmarland). However, both ‘camps’ seem to find explanations for why women are in prostitution in a structural analysis


Tydligen vill inte de prostituerade i Thailand inordna sig under det västinfluerade marxistfeministiska beskyddets paraply utan vill snarare bli betraktade som vilka yrkesutövare som helst utan att stigmatiseras. Tydligen uppfattar de sig inte som offer och för vem och mot vad tar då feministerna i väst strid för? För de thailändska kvinnornas sak eller mot sexturismen som innebär att männen i väst inte kan undandra sig och fly utan har att underordna sig den nya statsideologin?

De lokala kvinnliga aktivisterna vill att förbudet mot prostitutionen i Thailand tas bort då detta förnekar dem rättigheter som andra yrkesutövare åtnjuter.