Charles Haynes [22/01/08 13:22 +0530]:
ran into two cops walking the other way down Infantry Road and didn't
really know what to expect. I was more wary of them than I was of the
dogs, but they looked kind of alert when they first saw me then waved
me past, maybe when they saw I was a foreigner.
Well, anybody walking down an empty street at night gets sized up by cops -
anywhere in the world.
ability of women to work outside the home, but really it's not any
different from India. Similarly women face a definite "glass ceiling."
It is conspicuous - and fairly similar in most of asia
Gays / transsexuals etc? Well, yes there's a more than horrible track
record, especially if you are poor. If you're rich and gay, well..
http://www.rediff.com/style/may/07sylvie.htm
But even that article illustrates the issues:
Precisely why I cited it. If the guy was poor and gay, well .. before he
died of AIDS from unprotected and unsafe sex, street thugs gang raping him
for the fun of it (still considering themselves macho + heterosexual) .. he
wouldnt have that pleasant a time. Kind of like that old joke about the
difference between "crazy" and "eccentric" being a big wad of money.
something happens to rub my nose in it. Like a friend of a friend
mentioning that a good friend of his came out to his parents and was
killed by his father for it. I don't think I could ever be completely
Go a bit more west .. the middle east. Even worse there.
http://www.boycottdubai.org says it all - 16 year old french boy raped by
Emirati men, one of whom was HIV positive. And the authorities' first
reaction seems to have been to try prosecute the kid for homosexuality. The
police doctor who examined him was like "I know you are gay, you have a
very large anus".
Out there, they seem to regard "being on top" type men as macho, whether
the bottom is a man or a woman. And even among heterosexuals, anal sex is
quite common there, possibly thanks to the high value placed on virginity,
the chance of a blood feud with the girl's family always present etc.
Richard Burton (who translated the Kamasutra among other things) had this
theory about a so-called "sotadic zone" - a broad band of countries where
homosexuality was either popularly practiced or even in some cases socially
accepted (japanese nanshoku, greeks with their erastes / onamos concept
that combined homosexual love with a mentor + student relationship, for
example).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sotadic_zone
What has been your experience with Yank Sing ( the dim sum place near
Market St, next to the WF bldg)?
sum. We also go to Hong Kong Flower Lounge down in Millbrae for really
authentic dim sum (but go early or be prepared to wait for hours) and
I will vouch for HK FLower myself, in fact prefer it over Yank Sing. The
service is top notch, besides the food being amazing.
suresh
