Thai society says that if they are rich, they don't need a husband. Some Thai men don't like intelligent women. T hai women complain that Thai men prefer to have fun together than going back home and take care about the family. Often men are seen together in restaurants without their wives. They pretend having late meetings at the office and then they go to restaurants where there are singers, karaoke.
Thai men have the bad reputation to be unfaithful and have sex with prostitutes.
In 1999 sexual establishments increased to a number of 8,431 and a lot of these places are not in tourist towns like Patong, Patpong. The man supports everything for her, supports her children but in front of the society she is not recognised. Powerful and influential men don't divorce but can have unofficially several minor wives. As long as he takes care of all of wives it is tolerated. This of course the Thai male point of view.