A man moves in with his girlfriend. A few months later, in an argument over the rent, he strangles her to death.
Media coverage:
- Prostitute killer’s appeal rejected
- Killer of sex worker loses appeal
- Jury in prostitute murder case retires
- Guilty verdict in Thai sex worker murder case
Nuttidar Vaikaew was killed by her partner, as many women are in our country. She wasn’t killed because she was a prostitute, she was killed because the man she lived with was angry and in his mind extreme physical violence was an acceptable way of reacting to his anger.
If she had been a cleaner, or a lawyer, or a consultant her profession wouldn’t be front and centre in the headlines because it would be her job, not her whole identity. It’s there because of a subtext about women who do sex work: they get themselves killed; they are not girlfriends, wives or mothers; they are no more than whores.
