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Rape Culture In Thailand

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Chapter 2
A Rape Culture: Victimhood and Perpetratorhood in Thai Community
Over half of Thailand’s citizens are women so they hold up more than half this land. Women deserve the same equal rights and opportunities as men. However, it turns out that there are various types of gender inequality in Thai’s society. They are considered to be the second sex. Undoubtedly, one of the most women’s oppressed is a sex crime. Women have been victimized by sex crime for a long time.1
In this chapter, researchers divide the content into two main parts. The first part shows the definition of rape culture: rape, victim, perpetrator and culture. The next part displays related researches.
2. Rape Rape is absolutely considered to be an action which against …show more content…

These might attract men’s attention. Women have sexual intercourse with their boss because it makes their way to the top as fast as possible.
- Child sexual abuse happens because of attractive girls. This makes men cannot handle with their sexual desire.
In addition, Thai’s society gives value to “virginity”. It is the most value for every woman. This social value about virginity permeates not only in Thailand but also in other countries; Republic of Fiji, China, Vietnam, Mexico, Peru and etc. So, Rape is the worst tragedy. After women are raped, they are afraid of telling the truth about get raped to others because it might cause their reputation.
Based on a three experts; Parinya Jitkannatiki, Prasit Pattana-amorn and Kritaya Archavanitkul, it can be implied that three experts explain that rape is about physical assault and sexual abuse another person without consent. Parinya and Prasit mainly focus on a good moral and Thai’s tradition. They both claim that rape is totally against Thai’s custom and law. However, Prasit adds the issue of reputation. He indicates that rape definitely destroys the reputation of victim. It is similar to Kritaya. She also refers about the victim’s

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