How miserable is the life of a Thai ladyboy?

When talking about Thailand, many people will not only think of it as a famous tourist country in Southeast Asia, but also think of the ladyboy, a special product of Thailand. The birth of the ladyboy has very complicated reasons, and it has become more and more popular. Thailand is a world-renowned business card, but the future of transvestites is very miserable.

In Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, the nights here are often full of entertainment and entertainment.

Not only can you see dark-skinned Thai people on the street, folding their hands and saying Savadika (hello, hello) to you, but there are also all kinds of ladyboys standing on the street, always soliciting customers. .

Bangkok is a city of contradictions. The huge gap between rich and poor, the desolate suburbs and the bustling business district are in sharp contrast. There are not only various traditional Thai aborigines, but also various costumes. The new generation of fashionable people.

The shemale seems to be a contradictory product of Thailand’s custom industry, driving many tourists from around the world to come and watch the shemale performances.

How were the ladyboys in Thailand born? What is their real life situation? Why are ladyboys said to be a miserable group of people?

The past and present lives of ladyboys

About Thai ladyboys The origin is difficult to verify, but some theories can be found in ancient Thai culture.

Thai mythology has long mentioned the existence of hermaphrodites, and it has also been mentioned in ancient Buddhist scriptures. There is a kind of person: they are neither male nor female, and have a feminine temperament. It can be seen that in Thailand, transvestites have a long history.

In 1670, some explorers from Western countries came to ancient Thailand, and Seeing the existence of this special group of people with my own eyes confirmed that intersex people do exist in Thailand. I also wrote a series of written reports and spread them to the West, making Western countries curious and longing for the mysterious Thailand.

< p>In the 1900s, the United Kingdom was known as the Empire on which the sun never sets. It established a series of colonies around the world and extended its influence to Asia. At that time, India had become a British colony. When the British controlled India, they also Don’t forget to explore surrounding countries, and Thailand is also the country they are most interested in.

A British man named Wood has traveled and lived in many places in Thailand, including Songkhla, Chiang Mai, I have watched many performances by intersex people in Bangkok and other places.

I also later published a book saying that there are many men who dress as women in Thailand, and the society is particularly tolerant of this special group of people. This seems to be a common thing locally.

As time goes by, the number of Thai men dressing up as women begins to increase. In the 1970s, many men dressing up as women began to appear in Thailand. People perform, and it has become a special industry that drives local economic growth.

Since the 1990s, as Thailand began to develop tourism as a pillar industry of the country, Thailand’s exotic environment attracted people. More and more tourists from all over the world came to visit.

At this time, some capitalists in the custom industry began to smell the huge profits brought by intersex people.

So they used it. Shemales are used to describe this group. The shemale industry began to take shape in Thailand, and soon became a major feature of Thailand. Tourists from all over the world began to come to Thailand in an endless stream to satisfy their curiosity like watching exotic animals.

The life cycle of ladyboys

Thailand ladyboys have female physical characteristics, such as being delicate and feminine, with bulging breasts and slender waists. But they also have male physical traits, such as rough voices, Adam's apple, and male bones, with thick hands and feet.

The formation of such an appearance is naturally inseparable from taking hormone drugs since childhood and gender reassignment surgery.

Under the stimulation of drugs for a long time, their endocrine disorders have become like this over time. Not only did their physiology undergo abnormal changes in adolescence, it also brought about psychological changes. gender identity.

Although ladyboys appear to be female, they are legally male in Thailand.

Not only that, transvestites have long felt very confused about their gender, identity and future. They often entertain tourists with theatrical performances as transgender characters and receive monetary rewards.

It can be said that in Thailand’s special cultural environment, transvestites are a group of transgender people who have been forcibly distorted by humans. The formation of transvestites has some complicated reasons.

There are two reasons for the formation of shemales: voluntary and forced. These boys who voluntarily become shemales may have different sexual orientations from other peers, and they voluntarily choose to become shemales to satisfy their needs. their wishes.

Most of these boys who are forced to become transvestites come from poor families, and their parents leave their homes in order to make ends meet.

A handsome and cute child turns into a shemale through artificial means and becomes the economic hope of the family. In this way, the income from the child's performing arts is used to subsidize the family.

Once you choose to become a shemale, you must take and inject estrogenic drugs for a long time. This process is long, and some children will actively undergo sex reassignment surgery.

In Thailand, there is a very mature shemale industry chain, including physiological transformation, etiquette packaging, skills training and so on.

After the ladyboys complete their initial sex change and skill studies, they will participate in some beauty pageants. Ladyboys who win the first place in the fierce competition can have good career prospects.

For example, they will become the mainstay of some tourist attractions and usually perform singing and dancing performances to please tourists. However, some shemales can only work on special occasions, are active in some nightclubs, and some even rely on sex transactions to attract customers.

But even if Thai shemales have formal jobs, they still have to maintain their female characteristics on a daily basis. For this reason, they can only continue to take estrogen drugs to prevent physiological male characteristics.

They also have to constantly undergo plastic surgery on their bodies, which are very expensive. In order to survive, they often bear huge debts and find it difficult to save money.

And the most cruel thing is that the life cycle of shemales is very short. Due to the stimulation of some drugs, they cannot live long. The average life span is mostly around 40 years old. Moreover, the shemale profession is very youthful. No matter what they do, How to take care of yourself.

At the age of 25, ladyboys will gradually lose their market appeal and existence value, and their bodies will age faster and faster as they age. By the time they are in their forties, ladyboys will Will die.

Their lives are extremely miserable and they are reduced to tools for making money.

The social significance of shemales

It can be said that in the world of shemales, there are also three, six or nine levels. For example, high-level shemales generally hold positions in the tourism industry, and mid-level shemales will She is active in major theaters in Thailand with singing and dancing performances, and the bottom ladyboys even have to sell their bodies in exchange for money.

In Thailand, the culture of transvestites can be said to be very tolerant. Although they rely on this to make money, in the eyes of some Thais, they have mixed reviews of this group.

In many countries around the world, there are different opinions on the shemale community. Some people express disdain, some choose to appreciate it, and others remain neutral.

Most of the tourists who flock to Thailand are curious and come to see the ladyboys.

Some people are willing to pay high prices to help the shemales get out of trouble and take them back to their own countries to be their lovers.

After satisfying their curiosity, some people develop aversion to transvestites, playing with them like pets, or even throwing them away after playing with them.

So it is difficult for a shemale to find someone who is sincerely interested in him or her. As a shemale, you may know that once you become a shemale, you will have to embark on a path of no return and become a tool to please the audience throughout your life, and only for money. , it can be said that they have no real feelings for people at all.

Shemales have grown up in Thailand, where there is a huge gap between the rich and the poor, and there are more poor families. People who are forced to become shemales seem to have become a tool of alienation, just to make money. exist.

There are also some highly profitable human traffickers who, for the sake of the prospect of huge profits, will deceive and force some innocent children to sign a contract of sale and become their money-making bargaining chip.

The contradictory society gave birth to such a group, and their existence seems to be a reflection of Thailand's abnormal culture.

Although Thailand is a country with a strong Buddhist atmosphere, they are known for their tolerance and tolerance. The teachings of Hinayana Buddhism make them pay more attention to personal practice. As long as they do not violate the law and harm the interests of others, they can be respected. .

Furthermore, Thailand has other beliefs, which naturally gives the formation of demons a specific cultural background.

And on a secular level, people’s desires are complex, such as food, sex, and sex. Thailand is also a country known for its openness to sex.

In Thailand, various gray industries are rampant, and many sexual minority groups are very common on the streets of Thailand. Compared with the traditions of other countries, Thai people do not particularly care about sex, gender, and sexual awareness. .

The strange intersection of religious atmosphere and secular desires makes Thailand a superficially civilized country with internal contradictions. We can naturally imagine that in Thailand, the role played by ladyboys can be said to be more about money. , a profession that one has to engage in in order to survive.

In Thailand, some upper-class people will not engage in such a business. In their view, transvestites are the product of romance and cannot be compared with their noble blood.

The later life of a transvestite is desolate

The life of a transvestite is extremely miserable. Not only has she relied on hormone drugs to change her gender since childhood, but she also undergoes various body plastic surgeries, including various beauty treatments. , In order to make money, they endlessly overextend their physical health, so that they end their lives with a short life.

In life, many ladyboys’ schedules are reversed day and night. Since most of them make a living by performing songs and dances, their working time is at night, and they often stay up all night and fall asleep the next day. Shen Shen.

Not only that, as they grow older, they will also have various anxieties and worries.

Even their gender identity will make them suffer. Some shemales who have passed the golden period of their careers have no choice but to withdraw from the market. In addition, in order to maintain their physiological characteristics over the years, many shemales' bodies have been seriously damaged. .

After stopping the medication, their bodies rebounded and began to show a series of male characteristics, which not only aggravated their aging, but also made them frail and sickly.

Some ladyboys over 30 years old have become the bottom ladyboys in Thailand.

This group of people can only work as restaurant waiters, handymen, etc., and their income is low. Not only that, after losing their economic value, when they return home, they cannot bring anything to their families. The shemales who come to earn income will be abandoned by their families.

These people can only go to the streets. In Bangkok, there are very prosperous commercial areas, and all kinds of street workers can be seen everywhere.

They are the oldest group of shemales. Without medical plastic surgery, their bodies have masculine characteristics. They can only continue to attract passers-by on the street and induce customers to spend money by deceiving and abducting them.

These old and beady shemales will constantly stare at every tourist who comes and goes as if they are catching prey. Once they catch their eye, they will quickly grab the tourist's wrist and speak in broken English. The price is used to induce tourists to go to hidden places for transactions.

Some tourists cannot resist their temptation and will obediently turn into fat sheep for slaughter. Not only will they lose their money, but they may also face the safety of their lives.

Their eyes are full of confusion, they only live for money, and they are completely alienated into walking zombies who sell their bodies. Most of these old shemales fend for themselves in this way and die miserably.

There are also some people who are slightly more lucky and can go to some temples to spend their old age peacefully, but the proportion of this group of people is also very small.

Although Thailand is a country that believes in Buddhism, there are no spare Thai temples to accommodate them. Only a few people can go to temples to become ordained, chant sutras and worship Buddha, have a spiritual sustenance, and have faith in He passed away slowly, this is already a very good destination.

Conclusion

Perhaps it is precisely because of Thailand’s special social background that such a deformed group of people was born.

In the eyes of some people, they are not worthy of being called human beings at all. Perhaps they are more like human tools for human enjoyment and physical toys for entertainment. Their tragedies have a profound cultural background, but At the same time, it also comes from one's own choices and destiny.

The birth of tragedy requires certain social conditions. I sincerely hope that Thailand can legislate to reduce the phenomenon of transvestites, which can also save one soul after another and enable them to bathe in the sun and control themselves. Life!

References

1. How miserable is the life of Thailand’s lower-class transvestites? Revealing the real life status of Thai transvestites engaged in the custom industry

2. Engaged in customs Behind the glamor of the Thai ladyboys in the industry, how miserable are their lives?

3. How miserable are the Thai ladyboys in the custom industry? Revealing the true current situation of the bottom-class ladyboys in Thailand