Thai Attitudes to Sex

[margaretcarnes]

Talking to a Thai lady, they are amazed that western married women will announce that they are not interested in sex anymore and will not be co-operating BUT expect their husband to give it up too.--They think this VERY cruel!

Yes I think they are right there. Western women do use sex as a bargaining tool, and many would benefit from the Thai attitude - that it is a simple bodily need.
I have to wonder though if Thai attitudes towards sex would be different if the country had been colonised (as per a recent thread discussion) but maybe - given the religion - it wouldn't have made any difference.
They worship the thing which produces life, and that can be seen in all the phallic symbols around. There is no shame in sex. There has never been a Victorian style prudish influence.
But as much as I don't understand the Western attitude, I don't understand the Thai attitude to ageing, where Thai women consider themselves to be 'old lady' the minute they hit 60 (or sometimes less.)
The only explanation I can think of for this attitude is that Thai women recognise that men need a reproductive age woman - so they give way to the younger fertile female.

[midlandmike]

You think that they allot themselves to the 'Old lady" category at 60-- I beg to differ they are in the VERY
old lady category at 60. Sadly, they often think of themselves as old ladies at 50 or as early as 45.

[Dannie Boy]

But as much as I don't understand the Western attitude, I don't understand the Thai attitude to ageing, where Thai women consider themselves to be 'old lady' the minute they hit 60 (or sometimes less.)
The only explanation I can think of for this attitude is that Thai women recognise that men need a reproductive age woman - so they give way to the younger fertile female.

But that used to be true in the western (UK) world a generation or so ago Mags - my parents considered 60 as being old!!