The premises of this medium-sized bar at 322, Chiang Mai lane in Thailand are filled with slogans like these — ‘Well behaved women rarely change the world’, ‘Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.’

Do not misconstrue this for some protest site. During the day, the place looks like a nondescript coffee shop that is closed down, with nothing but a couple of empty tables and chairs piled outside. A couple of women loiter around or go about some mundane cleaning chores, while others lounge around with a book. The magic happens later in the day, when the unassuming venue moonlights into the happening and vibrant Can Do bar — Thailand’s only bar that is run and owned by sex workers.