Women: Sen. Bob Menendez paid us for sex in the Dominican Republic

[opebo]

Taxpayer funded trip? Possibly underage hookers? Oh, Bob. This seriously couldn't happen to a better asshole!

More recent rumor is that the hookers aren't underage. 

Yeah, obviously slanderers tend to just tag on that word for added effect.  People who would be prudish enough to object to prostitution in general also tend to believe all sex workers are very young, when in fact that's very rare - the vast majority being in their mid 20s to early 40s.

[opebo]

(as an aside, I thought prostitutes are usually fully-paid up front; opebo or anyone else know the standard here?).

Yeap, that's how the system works here too.

Some kind of luxury hooker hired-for-days-for-an-orgy scenario is just about the only scenario I can imagine that might conceivably deviate from that rule. And even there it's hard to imagine.

Yeah, they're paid afterwards here, mostly, in the 'farang oriented industry'.  I mean it is only fair.  If you paid before, how would you know you'd get anything?

Though it is true that in most of the world pay-before is the standard, and for Thais in their own venues, they mostly pay before.

I think it has something to do with the fact that it is incredibly rare for white tourists to underpay or otherwise 'cheat' working girls here - Europeans, Australians, North Americans really do have a good reputation here:  Most girls would prefer to go with any of those nationalities for literally half the money they would charge Arabs, Indians, etc.  Also, interestingly, the prices they charge their own people are generally a bit higher as well, despite the reputation that a 'farang takes and hour, Thais take 10 minute'.

Interestingly though, the most sought after customers are of course east Asians - Japanese and Korea - the old saying goes '3 inches, 3 minutes, 3000 (baht)'.