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The article I shared also does some speculation on how the trans are viewed in thai society actually, this part talking about how even with the "tolerance" from Buddhism it's not so simple:Yeah you’re probably right with the money thing but Thailand legalised homosexuality a decade before U.K. so there’s probably something cultural there. I mean, in their particular strain of Buddhism (also most Buddhism, I think) enlightenment can’t be achieved as a female so who gives a fuck who’s female, right? But again, paradoxically, Theravada Buddhism doesn’t believe in the self which, well, how does that work with transgenderism??
While the Buddhist focus on tolerance does in part shape Thailand society's tolerant view of transsexuals, the Buddhist principle of karma may provide an alternative explanation: Thai people believe that people are born kathoey because they are being punished on this life of their misdemeanor of a previous one.
The standard karmic tale, in fact, is that transsexuals were formerly “playboys” in their former lives and, as a result of breaking so many lovelorn hearts of women, they were imposed the ultimate punishment, making them a woman trapped in a man's body, forever doomed to unrequited love. Therefore, they are a group to be pitied, not protected.
Kinda funny that it's basically "they're being punished for their past lives"
I gotta ask, is that another hole on top of her asshole? Is it the urethra? Her vag? Just some skin that looks weird? It kinda looks like her asshole has a noseAnother day, another rotdog.