What would you do if the only way to pay for your child’s
education was to become a prostitute? In
a country where social status often dictates career and education choices, a
mother’s love appears to have no limits. Dawn, a woman in her early forties,
moved from her home city of Bangkok to Phuket in order to work and save enough
for her daughter’s college education.
education was to become a prostitute? In
a country where social status often dictates career and education choices, a
mother’s love appears to have no limits. Dawn, a woman in her early forties,
moved from her home city of Bangkok to Phuket in order to work and save enough
for her daughter’s college education.
When I wrote “work” a moment ago, I caught my breath. Dawn
moved to Phuket to work late into the night to support her daughter’s dream of
being a physician. Dawn had worked as a secretary in Thailand’s capital for the
first dozen years of her daughter’s life, but for the last 12 years, Phuket has
become her home while her parents care for her daughter, over 500 miles away.
She quit her job, ended her career, relocated herself to the southernmost part
of Thailand,
and accepted a job as a prostitute on the infamous Bangla Road.
moved to Phuket to work late into the night to support her daughter’s dream of
being a physician. Dawn had worked as a secretary in Thailand’s capital for the
first dozen years of her daughter’s life, but for the last 12 years, Phuket has
become her home while her parents care for her daughter, over 500 miles away.
She quit her job, ended her career, relocated herself to the southernmost part
of Thailand,
and accepted a job as a prostitute on the infamous Bangla Road.
