60 Yr Old Auntie vs. Lor. 24 Hookers

[Raynall]

ust read the latest Chinese paper headlines while queuing at NTUC. It seems that a 60+ year old auntie was angry at some prostitutes working along Lor. 24 as they were blocking her home. So she picked a fight with them and drove them away.

Fearing loss of customers and probably police attention, the working girls left. But they returned today to settle the account with auntie.

I don't want to take sides, but I have this advice for the auntie and others like her.

Have you thought this through, auntie? Being a Geylang Cheongster myself, I can tell you that driving away the girls (and their pimps) will not help the situation. Let me share with you all this FR.

There was a period of low activity in Geylang after intensive police raids. So during one of those nights, I went strolling along the lanes hoping to spot some action.

The girls were all missing from their usual spots, but the foreign workers who typically congregate along Lor. 24 were all there. Loitering and waiting. Chit-chatting among themselves as they waited hopefully for the return of the girls.

Why Lor. 24? Because foreign workers (they are usually construction workers from the nearby dorms) don't earn much. And the girls along Lor. 24 charge a low rate of 20-25 dollars per session.

Anyway, back to my FR. So the girls weren't around but the hopeful workers were. Nothing happened until a female devotee (or employee) at the Buddhist temple walked out towards the coffee shop. Perhaps she was sent to "da bao" something or perhaps she was hungry herself. Doesn't matter.

What mattered then was that several workers perked up immediately and started walking, slowly at first, towards the lone female. Then they started speeding up as they got closer. They kept shouting "How much?" over and over, but the girl who obviously wasn't a prostitute was too frightened to answer.

The workers backed off and rejoined their group when the girl they were stalking darted into the safety of the nearest clan association.

We have A LOT of foreign workers here, transplanted away from their families and girlfriends etc. The girls along Lor. 24 provide an essential service for these men. Without the (hard)working girls, who knows what these men will resort to?

[nk8210]

Good theory. I support u! It's still an honest job than those who rob Or steal

Sent from my GT-N7000

[Raynall]

You know something?

I think if it were hawkers selling roasted chestnuts standing outside her home and the foreign workers were queuing up to buy the chestnuts, this auntie wouldn't have kicked up such a big fuss.

BUT because the "hawkers" were women providing sex for money, she must have thought the whole thing was "dirty" and so drove them away...

And of course, my "ang moh pai" liberal relatives are now commenting on the case and saying "exploitation of women" and "objectification" etc.

I just asked them one question.

So if women who perform physical acts for money are being exploited, how come I never hear you guys complaining about women who work at McDonald's or KFC restaurants? The job also damn physical what! They have to do cleaning and move heavy kitchen equipment, I am sure.

They told me to shut up.

So now I know there's some kind of double standard in place.

NOBODY has any issues with women providing physical labour. They just don't want it to be sexual, because to them, sex is somehow "dirty"...

[tomcat007]

Female extremists always talked about wanting to "rescue" all these sex workers... But, have they asked these sex workers whether they want to be rescued?

[Red_Wine]

But honestly speaking, they shouldn't stand just infront of other pple's house. If we are the residents, we also will nv want them blocking at our house gate right?

[Red_Wine]

Female extremists always talked about wanting to "rescue" all these sex workers... But, have they asked these sex workers whether they want to be rescued?

But how to rescue? These group gobe, new ones come tml.

[Raynall]

Female extremists always talked about wanting to "rescue" all these sex workers... But, have they asked these sex workers whether they want to be rescued?

Like I said earlier, nobody has any issues with businesses such as McDonald's or KFC using women's bodies for physical labour (changing oil in fryer, carrying trays and mopping kitchen etc). Those tasks are pure physical labour and do not take into account abstract values such as intellect.

You don't see feminists attacking restaurants for objectifying their female serving or cleaning staff, even when, as I pointed out above, the women employees are made to perform purely physical labour.

BUT, once SEX is involved, those feminists will jump out of the woodwork and start screaming Exploitation and Objectification.

So really, the X-Factor in the equation is SEX, not exploitation or objectification. They are trying to stifle our sexuality by making out sex to be something unclean; something to be ashamed of. Fall into that mind trap and you will forever be unhappy.

Also, do you think it could be that those feminists who attack prostitution are simply jealous? Jealous and angry because the professional sex workers divert sexual attention away from them?

When you look at the issue from that angle, that shed some light on the feminists' efforts to "rescue" sex workers.

We have to ask ourselves. By "rescue", do they mean "OMG! Those poor girls are suffering! Let us rescue them and give them well-paid and respectable executive positions within our companies!"

Or, do they really mean "Fuck them! Sisters! Let us remove those sluts from their positions so men will pay more attention to us! After that, the whores can fuck off from the streets and die also not our problem lah!"

[Raynall]

I would like to say that I truly believe there are vulnerable sex workers out there who want to be rescued. And when we do encounter those poor souls who need our help, please render your assistance.

Surprisingly, I have not encountered any such victims of the trade in Singapore. I met them in America, the supposed Land of the Free. You can usually tell if they are forced into the trade by their behaviour. One popular method pimps use to control their girls is to get them addicted to drugs. So there's the dead-looking eyes, resigned behaviour and fearful attitude.

I have met quite a few junkies walking the streets over in U.S.A who clearly do not want to be in the trade. Those, if I can't help them, I just avoid. You can't help everyone.

BUT the ones I encountered during my forays into Geylang are quite different. None of the girls I had fun with are junkies. I can tell, believe me. Plus many of them go all out to make me feel welcomed. You know, the GFE.

They seemed quite happy with what they were doing and I must thank some of them for enriching my sex education. Some moves I will never learn from watching vanilla porn. :p

In fact, they only ever felt uncomfortable and fearful was when they believed the police are coming. So feminists, if you are reading my post, please be mindful of what form your "assistance" take. If you think it is degrading for women to sell sex, then why is it alright for them to be grabbed by their hair and dragged about in the streets during raids?

[GanDuaLiap]

This old auntie must have had enough. Imagine your front gate being swarmed with hookers and clients and pimps day in day out, i think no one would like it either.
Another case
http://temasektimes.wordpress.com/2012/07/13/singaporean-complains-to-pm-lee-on-his-estate-being-turned-into-a-new-geylang/