Discourse on Prostitutes in Thai Society Today (B.E. 2540 - 2563)
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This academic article aimed to study the problems of prostitution, abolitionist policy, and the formation and discourses against the prostitution prevention policy in Thai society today. The researcher applied a policy discourse concept as the theory and methodology of the study. The findings suggest that the prostitution problem in Thai society was found in various forms and had accumulated over a long period. As a result, Thailand became the upstream, midstream, and downstream of prostitution activities. While being expected to efficiently solve the prostitution problem, the country is led to a change of the former prostitution policy from regular abolition to extreme abolition. However, such a policy is incapable of preventing the prostitution problem. This phenomenon raised social awareness to put an effort through a number of approaches to find a solution, i.e., academic discussions, proposals of legal measures, and movements against governmental policies. The important movement against prostitution prevention policies is currently driven by the Empower Foundation. This foundation has attempted to generate a counter-discourse on prostitution against the government’s discourse in order to legalize prostitution. While prostitution is still considered illegal according to abolitionist policy, this counter-discourse has remained unaccepted in Thai society
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