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“Do you see those cages in the second-floor windows?” my contact asked me. “Cages? What are they for?” I replied, certain I did not want to…
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Economics and the Asian Sex-Industry
Understanding the economics of Sex Tourism
by Manpavan Kaur
The Economic Relationship Between Sex Workers and the Sex Businesses
The sex industry in Southeast Asia is a significant source of foreign exchange earnings, especially for countries where prostitution has expanded into a highly structured transnational business in tandem with the tourist industry.
The effect of the illegality of sex businesses is that sex workers are not legally protected from exploitation. However, even where sex work has been decriminalised, international regulations for the protection of sex workers tend to be predicated on a narrow interpretation of sex work. This presumes that sex workers are ‘passive victims’ wanting to be removed and returned to their countries of origin.
However the focus on victimhood diverts attention from the economic motivations of sex workers.
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