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Essay On Sexpat In Cambodia

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The Business of Sexpats in Cambodia A sexpat is an older man – say 40 plus – who pays a Cambodian woman to be his girlfriend. The arrangement may last for a month while he is on holiday or for years. Sex tourism, on the other hand, is generally short encounters without the illusion of romance. Frankly, I don’t see anything wrong with sexpats and/or sex tourism as it is an economic agreement between two consenting adults. Job Realities for Young Women What are the choices for young women trying to escape subsistence farming in the countryside? They can work as a servant for about $60 to $80 a month and the job may also include sexual favors for the males of the house. Another option is to get work in a restaurant. If they are fortunate they …show more content…

A distant relative came to visit one day and with a bit of make-up and a better dress she was introduced to the world of sex tourism where she met her sexpat “husband.” “My family thinks I work as a cook, and they are very happy with the money I send. Now two of my brothers can afford to go to school.” Sokha speaks English quite well. “I want to marry the foreigner I live with and have children with him because they will be light skinned. This is my dream. Cambodian men are often violent. In Cambodia people don’t care if a man is older. He will look after me and my family and that is what is most important.” Given a combination of lonely older white men and poverty-stricken Cambodian women, sexpat arrangements are inevitable. However is it necessarily morally wrong? These women aren’t trafficked. They made an adult decision to work in the sex tourism industry or hook up with sexpats who will support them and their families. From their perspective they are doing so much better than they would as a servant or a factory worker. It may not be pretty, but it is a viable way of getting on with it. So sexpats and sex tourism gets my

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