Originally posted by TheButler at 15-12-2009 05:50
What is it about the culture that makes it more acceptable than in a "developed" country?...
I think it's a business equation: cost/benefit x risk
Given that the overheads of living in a low-cost country make marginal income much more impactful, the benefit of earning a few more $ by changing your gender outweighs the cost. E.g. in SFO, if you add (say) $50k per year to your income there's not that much it'll buy you, not even another house unless you can borrow against it - but an additional (say) $25k in a developing country can buy you a lot ... probably even buy you a house outright ...
... including protection from police / vice laws / indignant neighbours / etc. whose enforcement is less well-funded and therefore less rigorous ... Hence the risk is also lower ...
... all that plus the cost of the op is much higher in SFO, taking into account all the medical insurance, cost of office space, income expectations of the doc, cost of a medical education, etc. etc.
The market for sexually available girls is much higher than that for sexually available boys, especially taking supply / demand into account, making a "redevelopment project" a viable proposition.
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