Sexy Thailand

I have been to Thailand a number of times, and have ended up seeing many sexy girl events.

Now, I am the sort of guy that does not know which way to look. I am hopelessly devoted to my wife, and I believe that excess amounts of sexiness, because it is more than exciting within the bounds of my marriage in private, is something that I am not so excited about else where.

I am certainly not scared of places and people and am easily able to associate with people who ply sex for a trade, but I do struggle in situations where all that is expected of me is to watch a show that is based on sexiness.

If you have not already gathered, I am not referring to sex shows but to events where the main sell is sexiness and not much else.

Even when singers perform, the dancing girls are more visible, and yet often they can not even dance, but just stand there, dressed sexily, jiggling nearly in time to the music. I once went to a club with some friends, and the girls who worked there, every few hours would put on very skimpy outfits and would get up on the stage and dance for a song. I assume it was dancing as nearly all of them barely moved at all – it was such the oddest thing and I truly wondered what they were even doing and why.

I have also seen shows that are probably best described as the Thai version of the young American beauty pageants. The girls are very young, dressed much too old with much too much make up, trying to make them look sexy in their traditional Thai outfits. I personally see this as little kids in a show and enjoy it as much as I wonder why, but when I see such things with a western female beside me, I can not remember one time where there has not been strong disapproval of such events.

But, being that I struggle to find purpose in watch sexy events, and they bore me very quickly, I have ample opportunity to look around at the environment and what appear to be the reactions of others, and I am truly surprised by what I find.

It seems that Thai people appreciate something else that I can not quite see.

When I look at the crowd at such events, I see people of all ages and all three sexes (Thailand) really appreciating what they see and laughing and enjoying themselves and pointing things out to each other. This includes children and old grandmothers too.

When I go to some church and the youth put on a special dance during the service, quite a few moves would be frowned on HUGE time in a Western church, but here in Thailand, the sexual overtones of such actions seem to be completely missed as parents laugh and enjoy themselves and take their photos.

So, I wonder, what am I missing? What is the cultural difference that puts this sexy dancing into one category for me that is quite obviously completely unrelated to how Thais see the same thing?

One final (nearly final) point I would like to make is this: Although dress styles have become more relaxed and more Western in places like Bangkok, when I ask those people if they would dress the same in their home towns, they quickly reply that they would not as it would be unacceptable and seen as being under dressed. Yet, I have been to events in small rural towns in places in Thailand, where dress must modestly cover knees and shoulders and any suggestion of cleavage, and the old and young, men and women alike approve very much to scantly clad girls dancing (if we can call it that) sexy on a stage.

Final point. I decided to also include a photo of 'Cute Thailand'. If there is a 'Sexy Thailand' then there is almost certainly a 'Cute Thailand'. Both images seem to be trying to achieve the same sorts of things as far as I can see, and I find one about as fake as the other (I appreciate realness and people being who they are much much more) in my personal opinion. I included this photo as it was taken at the same football game as the sexy girls. The game was Bangkok Glass verses Muang Thong, the sexy girls being the FHM girls, for Muang Thong, and the cute green girls for Bangkok Glass.

Hey, these are just my thoughts and the things I notice. Please feel free to add your own thoughts based on your own experiences. If you think I am wrong or only see half the picture, then join in with some of your own thoughts.