Lastly, I hope the project will shed some light about this pervasive situation, raising questions for us about society, corruption, morals, and human treatment. I also want the images to pose painful questions about life, choice, consequences, and of humanity. I want the images to act as a mirror reflecting the rotten reality of child abuse and exploitation.
Many of them reason that all men must go through having sex with gay guys in order to understand how to have sex with females when such time comes. While most subjects identify themselves as heterosexual young boys who come to terms with having sex with gay guys for money, almost all of them have never had sex with females. In addition, sexual identification and orientation are being questioned and investigated. The personal data of each subject is included to offer an insight and to peep into their lives and journey to the opposite side of norms, tradition, and perception. The visual is visceral and represents an ugly mess and deep-rooted problems of family, teenage years in Thailand, and society. Psychologically, the project offers provocative and haunting portraits of these lost souls. This project is multi-layered and complex in its nature. Underage prostitution results from several reasons, from being molested by family members and/or relatives, poverty, being a runaway, and drug addiction. A guy in the dorms would wake up in the morning feeling sluggish and experiencing abdominal. I want the process to uncover a bit of the life, choice, and consequences that these young boys are experiencing. Apparently his roommate had been using ether on him to knock him out while he, um, had his way with him. Underage is a photographic documentation aimed at understanding the minds of these underage male prostitutes in a most candid and visceral way. This alarming number has put Thailand on the top of the list of underage sexual exploitation according to the U.N. To access this site you must agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.Thailand has long been known as the sex capital of Asia, and according to a survey in 2004, there are approximately 800,000 underage prostitutes in Thailand and the money being traded at 4.3 billion per year or three percent of Thai economy. We consider the data we process through cookies anonymous, since this information does not relate to an identified or identifiable natural person. You must also be informed that this website uses cookies to analyse web traffic and enhance site features. Knowing what your children are doing online. Turning on safe search settings while using Search Engines like Google, Bing or Yahoo Ĭonnecting addition filters on internet service provider side Using parental control filters of your device, operating systems and/or browsers More information about the RTA Label and compatible services can be found here: Īnyone with a minor in their household or under their supervision should implement basic parental control protections, including: Parental tools that are compatible with the RTA label will block access to this site. Protect your children from adult content and block access to this site by using parental controls. One of our core goals is to help parents restrict access to for minors, so we have ensured that is, and remains, fully compliant with the RTA (Restricted to Adults) code. Furthermore, you represent and warrant that you will not allow any minor access to this site or services.
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