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PussyLover 69
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Report from The Nation dated Tuesday 15 August 2006 :-
Bangkok boasts most single women in the country
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Bangkok has the highest proportion of single women in the country, a report by the National Statistical Office (NSO) revealed on Monday.
The report on women's reproductive condition for 2006 showed that, of 18.7 million females aged from 15 to 49, 65.1 per cent were married, 28.5 per cent were single and 6.4 per cent were widows, divorcees or separated.
Some 12.6 million women, or 67 per cent, lived outside municipalities. The number of single women in municipality areas was 6.4 per cent higher than those living outside.
Bangkok topped the list for single women at 41.8 per cent, while central and northern regions had the highest amount of widows, divorcees or separated woman, the report said.
Of the married, 78.8 per cent said they did not seek any advice regarding family planning before marriage.
The NSO also surveyed Thai males and females aged from 45 to 59 about their health care and found 59.8 per cent had an annual checkup.
About 29 per cent said they had a checkup every year, while 40.2 per cent said otherwise. Women were also found to be more healthconscious than men, at 62.8 to 56.4 per cent.
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Thai Girls : Meet Sexy Thai Girls
Posted on: 4:58 am on Aug. 15, 2006
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LocalYokul
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well DUH 
but,,, on a side note, there plenty who live with someone but are still available, 555
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Bangkok Women : Meet Sensual Bangkok Women
Posted on: 5:41 am on Aug. 15, 2006
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Ballsburstin
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"Of the married, 78.8 per cent said they did not seek any advice regarding family planning before marriage."
ROTFLMAO!
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Thai Girls : Meet Sexy Thai Girls
Posted on: 12:03 pm on Aug. 15, 2006
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seajohn
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One reason why the single stats keep coming back so high.
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Sexy Bangkok Girls
Posted on: 9:41 pm on Aug. 15, 2006
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PussyLover 69
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Report from The Nation dated Tuesday 12 October 2010 :-
Women 'less tolerant' of marriage
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The behaviour and attitudes of modern Thai women, especially those living in cities, are clearly different from those of their mothers and grandmothers, according to the head of business planning at marketing communications investment agency Mindshare, Pathamawan Sathaporn.
Commenting in her capacity as a researcher, she said this was partly because more women worked outside and had become confident about expressing opinions towards politics, social and economic matters.
However, she said the tolerance of city women for married life had lessened because they were surrounded by modern technologies that were fast and convenient; they were used to quick decision-making. They also feel that they are capable, so they don't need a man like before, so they opt more readily for divorce.
The divorce rate in Thailand has increased every year, she said. In 2007 about 300,000 couples registered their marriages, while 100,000 couples divorced. This is leading to more and more single-parent families and possible problems involving the children because they spend less time with their parents.
A study had also found that more than half of the juveniles committing crimes came from single-parent families.
Pathamawan's comments agree with the findings of a Nation Group study entitled "Modern Women: the power that changes Thailand". Associated with a National-Agenda seminar on the subject, it found that modern women considered themselves equal to men in the working world, especially in terms of payment, career advancement, co-workers' acceptance and career choices.
They also felt that they could stand on their own and didn't mind being single. The study found that 30 per cent of its female respondents were single. About 69 per cent of the single women said they didn't think about getting married because they loved freedom. Another 30 per cent said they wanted to work and realise their dreams, and 20 per cent said they didn't think anyone would understand them.
The study also found that 32 per cent of the respondents who said they thought about getting married said they didn't want children, while some also said the present environment wasn't appropriate for children.
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Thai Women : Meet Matured Thai Women
Posted on: 10:11 pm on Oct. 11, 2010
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PussyLover 69
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Report from The Nation dated Tuesday 12 October 2010 :-
Women fast becoming top players in business
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More women are opting to complete their studies and move from a family role to fill offices and run businesses
Out of Thailand's 66.9 million people, there are 1.1 million more women than there are men, according to statistics.
The changing structure of the population is distorting and transforming the country's social structure and forcing changes to the workforce, and this is causing concerns for the economy.
These issues were discussed at a recent "Modern Women: the Power that Changes Thailand" seminar held to mark the 40th anniversary of The Nation Group.
Speakers pointed out that women were creating a business power group and were becoming influential in propelling business organisations forwards. However, while their abilities were usually accepted, the trend presented a challenge to Thai society over the next decade on how it would deal with this changing structure.
It was said that white-collar workers in Thailand were more and more likely to be women, and within five years male white-collar workers were expected to be in a minority.
Associate Professor Chalidaporn Songsamphan, a scholar on feminism, said that for many years, 80 to 90 per cent of students entering universities in all faculties had been females.
"It's expected that in the next five years this society will suffer from a severe shortage of male 'white collar' workers because there are almost no men in the higher education system," she said. "Men only show up at the time to enter the labour market"
Data from the Information and Communication Technology Centre in the office of the Education Ministry's permanent secretary showed that there were more female students than males in higher education in 2006-2007. Since women had higher education, they had more job opportunities, so the ratio of women in the labour market was increasing. A factor supporting this change was gender-equality laws which had led more and more women to shift their role from being housewives to working women. Hence, a new power group had emerged.
President of the cosmetics and perfume division of ICC International, Chintana Chalermchaikit, said the potential of Thai women had been elevated to the point where they had more rights, could voice their opinions and feelings and had roles in all aspects of society. They were now in the front row.
She cited a survey last year by business consultancy Grant Thornton International, which found that so many women held top management positions in Thailand that it was ranked third in the world, behind the Philippines and Russia, with 38 per cent of its top management positions occupied by women.
"Nowadays, some women have higher education and pursue studies abroad, but the worrisome issue is that women have to accept more roles and carry greater burdens. Rather than simply housekeeping, they also have to work outside the home, so their lives are unbalanced," Chintana said.
Chalidaporn said progress that enabled women to adopt higher roles in society came from the government, by implementing laws ensuring equal rights.
"In practice, the problem is that when we take on these equal rights, it also forces women to be the same and equal among themselves, despite the fact that women are different," she said.
Chalidaporn said that Thai women in various places had the ability to manage their lives and their communities in their own ways, and these weren't necessarily the ways of the government. For example, people had been running Tambon Administrative Organisations in their own ways, and when the government decided that they must be uniform, and their structures identical, it was found that some things worked, but some did not.
"Actually, women's decision-making power is just what everyone has said: women are different. Hence, there is a need to listen and let these different issues prevail. No one group of women can speak on behalf of any other group of women because their problems aren't the same," she said.
In the eyes of non-governmental organisations, while the overall picture of women's rights is good, in practice, discrimination still exists.
Foundation For Women representative Usa Lertsrisanthat said that discrimination continued in job advertisements, in which companies still sought "men only", depriving women of job opportunities, narrowing their career choices and leading some to turn to jobs in which they risked being duped.
Although there is a greater acceptance of a higher role for women, it is limited to women with good educational background and social status, which is a small group in Thai society, she said.
In fact, the role of women has been in the shadows in the Thai social and economic systems for so long that they are the "true family leaders", cheap workers in agriculture and skilled workers in cities.
Chalidaporn suggested that people look to the country's political turmoil to see the role of Thai women more clearly.
There were many levels of political supporters, from the "likae-drama fans" who supported individual politicians to those who mobilised rallies and directed what demonstrators would do and how, and who should be prime minister and why.
It could be said that women were an "invisible hand" pushing society forwards, she said. In future, it is believed that their role in the business world will become even clearer, as seen from the male-female population structure and gender participation in the education system.
However, as a higher role for women becomes more accepted, they will have to wear many hats - mothers, wives and workers. Therefore, modern women will carry greater burdens than women of previous generations, and this imbalance will force many women to reduce their role in the workplace to give more importance to their families. Participants decided that this scenario, besides being an obstruction to the potential of capable women, might also affect the organisational shift in future, when women functioned as key players in business.
"Women have to work 16 hours a day: eight hours outside the home and another eight hours inside the home as mothers and wives," Chalidaporn said. She suggested that all parties in society should work together to develop measures such as opening nurseries and adjusting working times to be more flexible and responsive to the lifestyles of modern women.
As well as setting up day-care centres at workplaces, she said consideration should also be given to increasing men role in house-keeping, making them equal to women.
"They just have to be open to the fact that the issues of women are not only about being mothers and wives. Some women are only mothers and not wives, because a survey found that in 90 per cent of Thai families, women were the providers."
It was time that Thai society give importance to the development of the potential of its women so they could become another important force propelling the Thai economy forwards in the future, she said.
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Bangkok Women : Meet Beautiful Thai Girls
Posted on: 10:17 pm on Oct. 11, 2010
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Quote: from PussyLover 69 on 10:17 am on Oct. 12, 2010
"Some women are only mothers and not wives, because a survey found that in 90 per cent of Thai families, women were the providers."
... no surprise regarding two articles above... a disproportionate percentage of Thai men are worthless f***s... while few are motivated to work, most prefer drinking, gambling, and seeking multiple wives who will support them while they are out breeding like feral dogs... it is dismal if you are a Thai child, or woman... the cultural values here are decided against stable family environments.
... Professor Opie (aka Valetta) ?.. is any of this getting through to you?
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Attractive Thai Girls
Posted on: 1:52 am on Oct. 12, 2010
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