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  • On what I think about Taiwanese girls on those poles on makeshift trucks.

    Tuesday, Aug 19, 2008 2:40PM / Standard Entry / Members only
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    I read an article in the paper today. Taiwanese girls do pole dancing on makeshift trucks,they invite members of the audience to get on stage and these guys,(audience) remove their undergarments and these girls start "getting it on with them" right there in broad daylight. U heard me. In this day and age,people still have things like that going on. I scowled after this friend told me he thought the "tradition was pretty cool and lucky he wasn't a woman because men have it good in Taiwan."

    Can I be more livid and tell u more about the article? On these trucks,they are termed "flower trucks" they have competitions. Different trucks do different measures. Some girls pole dance semi naked with their tops off,some girls "HELP" their clients get off on the spot!

    It's horrible.These girls are not forced into it either,maybe some have tragic stories BUT I shrivelled like an ugly wrinkled petal when my Taiwanese friends told me I'm/was too naive to think all these girls have bad pasts. They told me about the Louis Vuitton and Gucci bags these girls wanted and how this was just another way of making money,

    There's these HK style fried chicken places where they double up as brothels at night. (Pedro,I'm not smiling as I'm writing this.Today's news made my insides squirm)

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    The Platypus would like to announce her intensive hatred for the construction of women as nothing but sexual objects of gratification purposes. Variety shows here get on her nerves when they discuss content related to men taking the highroad and fleeing not-s0-gd looking women they were supposed to meet online. The Platypus feels without demand there would be no supply. Both sexes have an equal responsibility in trying to destroy the positive light of this society. It saddens the platypus. In doing so,the platypus decides that having a duckbilled awkward weirdish appearence fits her perfectly,because she doesn't agree and is alienated. Good day ladies and gentlemen.

    ***PS: once upon a time i was playing in one of the chatrooms on the internet. I met this boy online who was curious to meet me in person. I did not place a picture,it was mirc. so what i did when i was supposed to meet him was send one of my friends in my place. this was suggested by her because she said if he was worthy to be a friend,he would not borther with looks.he had claimed that he liked my personality and it piqued my curiousity whether he meant that.wanna know what happened?this boy never got to meet me.because he fled.now,because of the closeness in age,i recognized him when i bumped into him in college(university). this boy coincedentally became one of my friend's buddies.i was surprised but did not mention this fact to him.he tried to be nice to me and told my friend he wanted my number.this boy was not ugly,was not a terrible person but i remembered what he did years ago and i was still irate.finally,one day one of my friends sold me out and he called me. he told me how much he had "admired" me after meeting me and also he saw me in one of the posters around. i told him i would meet him for a dinner date.

    After that dinner,i never saw him again.WHY? Let me tell u. I'm quite horrible. When he came to pick me up,I was nice,sweet and polite and up until dinner,I discussed everything with him in complete sweetness. Until it was time to go home (no,I did not let him pay,i went dutch) I told him when I got out of the car,just right before,I whispered in his ear

    "xyz u're really a great guy.i had fun tonight.and it would have been really really nice if perhaps i had never met u before.but 2 years ago,we were supposed to meet up after being online pals and remember where we were supposed to be?my nickname was ### and yes,it was not me u met,but my galpal. i remember u fled right after,it was horrible of u. worse when u deleted me and disappeared from my msn. thanks for saying u think i am pretty.thanks for saying u think i have a gd character. thanks for your funny jokes and analogies about racism, i learnt alot from u tonight.BUT, sorry,this will never happen again because i think u're a horrible and shallow person. how did my friend feel when she was stranded there?she almost meant it half jokingly when she wanted to stand in for me.So,good day.I am sorry, for you!

    I simply hate how this society is judged based on nothing but superficial looks.I should not be complaining right,because some of u may think I get pampered by alot of people,both boys and girls?Well.Fortunately I'm not a spoilt asswipe-self lovin-vain-ditst-biatch because I might really just dig it. I despise such idiots really. Why why why must anyone be objectified? *sad*

Entry comments (24)

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  • rottendoubt
     
    posted on Thursday, Aug 21, 2008 11:03AM [Report]
    i can't believe the pole thing is real.... in public????
  • alge
    Official artist
    posted on Thursday, Aug 21, 2008 12:00AM [Report]
    有趣
  • Linghu_Chong
     
    posted on Wednesday, Aug 20, 2008 5:29PM [Report]
    Your story about that guy, just reminds me what I saw these last few weeks. To make a long story short, one of my "friends" turned out to be that kind of jerk.

    I would lie if I'd say I'm not caring about look at all that plays it's part of course. But one thing, I hate is people that just go for the look. Of course, knowing someone takes longer. Sometimes I've met girls that I though were attractive but just didn't like what I saw/learned while trying to know them. Other times, girls I wasn't seeing as attractive turned out to be the best people I've ever met.


    About the prostitution, well I'm not really surprised given what I already read or heard.
  • moonchild72
     
    posted on Wednesday, Aug 20, 2008 6:27AM [Report]
    The dance truck thing is so GROSS, Lydia ..
    and the guy, your supposed internet friend, whata big time JERK!!!
    We all get objectified, even happened to me this year .. dude asked me to show current pics, which are on my page.. gah!!! I shoulda just said NO!!!
  • gilgamesh
     
    posted on Wednesday, Aug 20, 2008 6:22AM [Report]
    When i regonize such people i ignore them or kick their ass....^^
    You did good, Lydia !!! =)
  • jeannehartman
    Official artist
    posted on Wednesday, Aug 20, 2008 1:19AM [Report]
    Lydia,  Great that you speak out.  Even speaking out is viewed differently when it comes to men and women.  For example when a man is tough he is called assertive and when a women is tough she is called a bitch.  I still keep hoping it will change.  I think it is better because of courageous women like you Lydia but it has not changed as much as some people would like us to believe.   
    I support your efforts.  I believe we need to keep speaking up like you did.  It may not get through every time but if a few people recognize themselves and change how they think and how they act you will have had a huge victory.   
    Jeanne
  • carmellarose
     
    posted on Wednesday, Aug 20, 2008 12:28AM [Report]
    Damn men and society. That's plain f*cked up!
  • Melly
     
    posted on Tuesday, Aug 19, 2008 11:35PM [Report]
    that really is horrible!!!!
  • emanzanares
    Official artist
    posted on Tuesday, Aug 19, 2008 11:13PM [Report]
    well at least you showed that guy who's boss! =P

    In all actuality though, that was half cool/half cold of what was coming to him. I mean, if I knew lets say, thats how that guy would be (coming from your position), I wouldn't have even bothered!

    I mean I don't care if he acted nice now, but yea if thats how he was and could be (being all superficial), then I wouldn't have bothered with any sort of hanging out unless it was with friends.

    I'm the same way with people in general. I remember quite a bit, and continue to remember. I don't hold grudges, but I remember when people fuck up and try to act like they didn't. Its one thing to make mistakes, but its another to not acknowledge you have clearly made one.

    In terms of the whole objectifying deal... it happens to everyone. Also, it helps to instigate the whole "looks before words"  mantra in society. Everyone can be loved when just being seen, but once heard, that can easily change.

    It happens you know? Of course on a random tangent, I feel that people sometimes use that as a defense as well. Not saying that people don't judge on looks, but hell, just because a person thinks your nice and hangs out with you, doesn't mean they ALWAYS want to be with you, let alone think your attractive by personality means or by looks. Sometimes they just enjoy your company and nothing more.

    So all I'm getting at is it happens to everyone and happens to both sides. It really sucks, but there ARE decent people in the world. The best thing to do is to be happy and grateful for these decent people as they will keep you grounded when things and society get tough. Otherwise it's quite scary to tackle everything on your own.

    Btw, I think that the fact you nickname yourself a Platypus is amazing! =P
  • cheekyshooky
     
    posted on Tuesday, Aug 19, 2008 9:02PM [Report]
    OMG ... in broad daylight, in public?  That's insane, and I thought the batelnut girls going topless was already overboard =0
  • wendycheng
    Official artist
    posted on Tuesday, Aug 19, 2008 8:56PM [Report]
    the fried chicken place thing is interesting too and would make an interesting script. in ny i hear of shops doubling as places to sell weed but i never thought about brothels. i've been to some koreatown salon rooms, etc. in nyc, those are bizarre and would also be interesting to film.
  • wendycheng
    Official artist
    posted on Tuesday, Aug 19, 2008 8:52PM [Report]
    oh yeah, also, what you said about the girls not having bad pasts. i felt exactly the same way when i was in beijing and i kept hearing about how these girls would be mistresses of these powerful men. and then some of these people (who were educated and what-not) would say they accepted that and thought it was just another sort of lifestyle, that a lot of these girls were going to college and were being supported and put in apts by these rich guys.  i mean, the writer side of me who tries to write characters, i will try to understand their motivations, but as a human being, yeah, i think it's wrong that people are just accepting of those things!
    the pole dancing on trucks thing, though, i have to admit, i'd like to see a photo of that, that's kind of unusual.
  • wendycheng
    Official artist
    posted on Tuesday, Aug 19, 2008 8:47PM [Report]
    i saw the betelnut girl places when i was in southern taiwan, but never really got to see what went on there. have heard about such things, like the tea places? (are they called mo mo cha?) i remember being in beijing and hearing this idea that taiwan was "burning in feudal hell" etc but i have to admit that sometimes i think there's this attitude of some taiwanese people that they are more liberal or something compared to mainland chinese, yet they go overboard and do some gross things like that which you see in the news. i'm talking out of my butt a little b/c i haven't spent enough time there (a total of 7 months over 20 years?) but anyway, i agree that it sounds like that stuff needs to be cleaned up.
  • Jaine
     
    posted on Tuesday, Aug 19, 2008 7:35PM [Report]
    well said , my friend
    and I like the way you handled that guy.

    the objectification of women drives me nuts, it is the double bladed sword of feminism, which is about choice and women have the right to self exploitation - what they don't have the right to do is to objectify women as a whole and reinforce the perception that women's role is limited to play things of men.

    lol, Boon always makes me laugh.
  • jaymee
     
    posted on Tuesday, Aug 19, 2008 6:59PM [Report]
    it's saddening how these things still occur. and people are desperate enough to be baring their bodies just for the sake of it. sigh

    anyway, good of you to have done that to that arse!! well said! bravo!
  • WholeNineYards
    Official artist
    posted on Tuesday, Aug 19, 2008 6:40PM [Report]
    I second David's statement.
  • mariejost
    Official artist
    posted on Tuesday, Aug 19, 2008 6:34PM [Report]
    Lydia, being judged by your looks, if you are a woman, only gets worse as time goes on.  I'm 50, so I am now invisible.  My chances of getting a job, a table in a restaurant, waited on my store staff, etc., are all less than when I was 40, and nothing compared to when I was 25.  (And we won't even broach the subject of romance after 50; if you're a woman, unless you want some geezer 15 or 20 years your senior, you're pretty much out of luck.)  It sucks, I wish it wasn't this way, but women are just as bad as men when it comes to judging by appearance.  They use different criteria, but they still judge.  Having a "nice personality" (which is usually all you have left at 50) doesn't count for much, unless you're someone's mother or grandmother.  I'm still trying to find a way to be at peace with turning 50.
  • JoanneSanderson
     
    posted on Tuesday, Aug 19, 2008 6:19PM [Report]
    I'm glad you did what you did to that man, it angers me when people don't see beyond a face.

    As for the trucks, it's extremely tacky. I want brothels legalised, one it brings safety to the girls, two it minimises abusive pimps, and 3 it takes it off the streets. I don't mind prostitutes at all, it's a job at the end of the day, and the oldest one in history, but it should be through choice, not through force.
  • pedrochaves
    Official artist
    posted on Tuesday, Aug 19, 2008 4:23PM [Report]
    okay:

    about the prostitution, yeah it's sad, some have tragic pasts, but that gets overrated, some girls actually love their job! And that's because of the money as a start!


    as for why anyone must be objectified... oh god, Lydia, that's how people go, they first focus on looks than on the rest! You friend was an ubberasshole that I admit for running away. But man, that how people are, looks first and then the rest.

    okay, enough for of the serious talk!

    care to explain how you get pampered by alot of girls? I think my , Boon and Paddy would like to hear those tales!  :D
  • leandro
     
    posted on Tuesday, Aug 19, 2008 4:22PM [Report]
    accepts a dinner?
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