[symlinkk]

Yeah this is the elephant in the room that no one talks about. And it’s not just about old guys going over there and picking up prostitutes, young guys will go over there and pick up regular girls on Tinder, just because it’s way easier to get laid there than in the West, for a bunch of controversial reasons that we aren’t allowed to talk about.

[Karrot_Kream]

It's mostly just money. If you're a caucasian-looking foreigner, most folks in developing countries will think you have lots of dollars/euros/pounds to spend, which goes a long way in these smaller economies. Same reason store vendors will probably try to charge you higher prices. As someone who's not caucasian but has traveled with folks who are, it's certainly an interesting sight to see.

[tomatowurst]

Probably because prostitutes are on Tinder now and poverty drives them to such behavior. You will have a tougher time in more economically advanced countries compared to one popular hotspot which you are talking about.

Also why fly 4000 miles just to have sex? Why not just pay for a companion here?

As an asexual I don't really understand this. My friends are constantly rambling on or making remarks about how so and so would make a good potential lay. I guess its about quantity and more can be had at lower rates, especially in poverty stricken countries.

I suppose if you sold your company and your portfolio is earning several million dollars to tens of millions of dollars its easy to be sugar daddy to a college student and it seems like its culturally accepted here.

Makes sense why there is such strong calls for abortion rights, something like this would be unimaginable in some cultures and I can see why but then again I don't quite agree with trying to oppress individuals from choice.

This part of human society, I just do not understand. For instance, I don't understand why so much of the population would be so driven to have sex or have romances.

[novok]

Imagine if you could not make a single friend and nobody wanted to socially interact with you. If this was your condition, wouldn't you fly to a land where people would talk to you?

Or alternatively, imagine you are very very hungry, and a person who doesn't feel hunger doesn't understand why you would go to great lengths to eat food.

Some people also don't feel pain either and don't understand why people go to great lengths to avoid the feeling of pain.

You can make many metaphors for whatever things you desire and avoid on a feeling level and understand how non-asexuals feel.

[frontman1988]

Sex is a very primal need for most people. Lack of it for long time drives people crazy. It's just how evolution has primed most homo sapiens. Going to south asian countries is cheaper for sex travellers probably. You can rent a gf experience for few weeks at the same cost it will take to hire an escort for few days in the west.

[tomatowurst]

why is it that for some people this is not a problem? what makes them this way vs most people? for a very long time I pondered why I am not like others but after I realized that I wasn't alone I found much solace.

[Karrot_Kream]

I think for the same reason that you're asexual but most folks aren't. I didn't have too many issues being single for large portions of my teens and early 20s, but I knew friends who would structure their weeks around finding a sexual partner at the end and would get intensely emotional about failing. Age is probably a factor as most people become less sexually and emotionally motivated with age.

[voldacar]

endocrine disruptors, possibly