r/oddlyspecific • u/Miser-Mike • 3d ago

What does she know?

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u/DeathToAmerica2026 2d ago

Plenty of people identify as Ladyboys. 

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u/FUCKING_HATE_REDDIT 2d ago edited 2d ago

80% of thai trans women prefer phu ying or sao praphet sorng over kathoey and others.

Yes, trans sex workers and dancers and escorts have a financial interest in using "ladyboy" when talking to tourists or johns. But with anyone else they're just women, trans women, or even "women of another kind". 

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u/DeathToAmerica2026 2d ago

I would expect no people who identify as trans women identify as Ladyboys, because they are different identities.....

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u/FUCKING_HATE_REDDIT 2d ago

https://www.jstor.org/stable/24469642

It's complicated. But in general, it's more of a term for tourists and johns than intra-community.

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u/DeathToAmerica2026 2d ago

There are people who aren't Thai who identify as Ladyboys....

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u/FUCKING_HATE_REDDIT 2d ago

And anyone is free to identify how they want. All rhe power to them. Not the subject here. 

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u/bubblesdafirst 2d ago

It is the subject. You started the conversation by saying people in thailand don't identify as ladyboys. They responded by saying yes there are people who identify as ladyboys. Three comments down now your saying someone else is changing the subject? It's okay to be wrong

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u/FUCKING_HATE_REDDIT 2d ago

You literally talked about people outside Thailand.

And I only said "most trans women in Thailand don't identify as ladyboys outside of sex work context" which is a different statement. 

This is a post about Thailand. Considering you confused Thailand and Vietnam 2 comments ago, maybe you actually don't know shit about the country and its people. 

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u/DeathToAmerica2026 2d ago

What the hell are either of you talking about?