William Sparrow's Sex in Depth

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May 18, 2012

William Sparrow is a sex columnist who focuses his coverage and analysis on Asia and has written for Asia Times for several years with his 'Sex in Depth' column. He is also a published author of the book titled Red-light Nights, Bangkok Daze.William has lived in Asia for nearly a decade and has contributed to several publications both online and print. He is currently living in Thailand and can be contacted by clicking here.

The lost babies of Babylon

The battle was hard but seemed straight forward as US and allied troops pressed forward in their effort. It has been discovered, however, that the result of these battles are affecting and will be affecting many generations in Iraq.

(Sep 17, '10)

Thai co-ed gets unwanted fame

The information age has helped us in many ways, allowing us to communicate in ways that many never dreamed possible. It has also become a breeding ground for thieves, con-artists and frauds to prey upon the innocent. Sometimes even someone’s honor is at stake.

(Sep 03, '10)

Where least expected

It seems to pervade all societies around the world. The internet in itself causes it to be widely accessible to the global community. But it is not something you would want your 14 year old daughter looking at. And for now anyway, it seems here to stay and sometimes it seems hard for even the most conservative nations to escape pornography.

(Aug 27, '10)

Learning to live and love

Life always seems to throw a curve at you and in no way is this more obvious then when it comes to relationships. We struggle to find the ‘perfect match’ and just when you think you have found 'the one' something comes around and proves that notion to be utterly false.

(Aug 20, '10)

Pedophiles get tech-savvy

New technology has transformed the nefarious world of child pornography with tech-savvy pedophiles now using digital cameras, encryption and the Internet to anonymously transfer material - making for a complex and daunting crime that continues to outpace authorities.

(Jul 26, '08)

Miss Tiffany, a good son

Thailand has long accepted its "third sex" - known to new-age Westerners as "alternative lifestyles" of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered variety. Now Thais are celebrating Nong Noeng, adjudged this year the country's most beautiful male-to-female transvestite. She is articulate and - it is safe to say - not all that she appears.

(Jun 20, '08)

The land of the Karma Sutra flunks sex ed

In India, conservative values have kept sex education off the curricula of public schools and in many states sex ed is expressly banned, much to the consternation of parents and educators faced with unwanted pregnancies, sexually transmitted diseases and an exploding population.

(Apr 26, '08)

A boom at the border

The mismanagement of Myanmar at the hands of the ruling military junta has led to poverty and little, if any, chance for a better life. Such sad reality has caused a sharp rise in the number of impoverished young women lured into the sex trade. And in hardscrabble border towns frequented by foreigners, prostitution is quietly booming.

(Apr 19, '08)

My big, fat Triad wedding

Hong Kong's sex trade exists under the omnipresent influence of notorious Triad crime syndicates, and what better way to find the facts than to attend a high-ranking Triad wedding? Call it an invitation one couldn't refuse, but the results were intriguing - and as illuminating as the city's famous Wan Chai district on a Saturday night.

(Apr 12, '08)

Church has last word in the Philippines

A plan to revamp the secondary school sex education curriculum has run into trouble with the Philippines' powerful Catholic clergy. But as the church tries to prevent educators from spreading "immoral" information about such taboos as family planning, pre-marital sex and abortion, activists point to spiraling population numbers and declining public health.

(Apr 05, '08)

Indecent exposure in Indonesia

The Indonesian government's new ban on Internet sites with "immoral content" comes at the same time another government campaign attempts to put free Internet access in all the nation's high schools. Such complexities continue, as the world's most populous Muslim nation tries to balance its "sexual evolution" with a bustling sex trade, the cyber age and what Jakarta considers moral decay.

(Mar 29, '08)

Philippines exports labor and sex

To escape poverty and joblessness, young Filipinas have for decades sought employment abroad. But from Shanghai to Dubai, many are underpaid as maids or nannies and often turn to the sex trade to make enough cash to send home. This has helped place the Philippines third in the world for foreign remittances, and funds from abroad now represent almost 10% of the annual GDP.

(Mar 15, '08)

When freaky-deaky equals hara-kiri

The population of Japan is in decline, the birthrate is plummeting, and the consequences look grim. Some studies put the blame on Japanese men whose appetite for masturbation, sex toys and virtual tete-a-tetes are turning them off the real thing. The future, one might say, is in their hands.

(Mar 08, '08)

Cell swingers in Cambodia

From university sweethearts married in Paris to kingpins in the brutal Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia, 82-year-old Ieng Sary and his wife Khieu Thirith, 75, now bide their time in detention awaiting trial for crimes against humanity. They're in separate cells, and Sary has requested conjugal visits. While the two await an answer, they could reflect on one of the Khmer Rouge's practices - separation of man and wife.

(Mar 01, '08)

Japan's Lolita merchants feel the heat

A breakthrough arrest has Japan's "lolicon" producers and afficionados in a panic as it appears that officials may be starting to enforce child pornography laws introduced just a few years ago. Nevertheless, the industry remains lucrative, and the manga comic version of the genre remains untouched by legal constrants.

(Feb 23, '08)

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The lost babies of Babylon

Thai co-ed gets unwanted fame

Where least expected

Learning to live and love

Pedophiles get tech-savvy

Miss Tiffany, a good son

The land of the Karma Sutra flunks sex ed

A boom at the border

My big, fat Triad wedding

Church has last word in the Philippines

Indecent exposure in Indonesia

Philippines exports labor and sex

When freaky-deaky equals hara-kiri

Cell swingers in Cambodia

Japan's Lolita merchants feel the heat

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