Sex News in Asia – 6/6/11

This article first appeared on the Good Vibrations Magazine.

Singapore

• The eminent Michael Kirby, a retired Australian High Court judge who’s openly gay, told an audience of about 200 legal professionals in Singapore that the country’s gay sex laws could have an adverse impact of the health of gay men who are at higher risk of HIV/AIDS, and it’s “important that they should have equality and dignity.”


• A judge who asked during a divorce settlement hearing if the wife involved was attractive was not being biased, the High Court has ruled.


• SAF regular jailed for filming woman in shower


• More help for divorced women


• Sex and drug parties in S’pore chalets?

Malaysia

• Obedient Wives Club to offer sex lessons on how to pleasure husbands


• Wives who “obey, serve and entertain” their husbands can help reduce social ills such as prostitution and domestic abuse, according to members of The Obedient Wives Club.


• Facebook users have started a group called “We Do Not Want Sexist Nonsense From Global Ikhwan Sdn Bhd” after reading about the Obedient Wives Club (OWC) launched by the organisation.


• When the Playboy Club Sands Macau staged a “Bunny Hunt” for its soon-to-be-opened establishment last year, 600 Bunny hopefuls from around the world turned up to be auditioned. Only 16 made the cut, one of whom was Malaysian model Felixia Yeap. And she did not even have to go through the audition; she was hand-picked by the Macau Club manager.


• Malaysian lawyers, politicians and activists lambasted the police accusing them of abusing their power in chaining up and marking the bodies of 30 foreign women detained for alleged prostitution.


• Read the 29 ideas put forth by participants at the “29 WAYS Towards an LGBTIQ-Friendly Malaysia” event.


• A pork seller had both his ears cut off because of an affair he was believed to be having with a married woman.


• A woman claimed she was forced to have sex with a taxi driver in return for free rides for her husband to a haemodialysis centre in Kuala Lumpur.


• PAS ulama to table motion on sex video at party assembly on Friday

The Philippines

• Referendum on divorce for PH?

Japan

• Japanese killer of Korean woman wins reduced sentence

India

• Queer Film Fest Breaks India’s Social Glass Ceiling


• Unwed Tribal Mothers Seek Aid


• Centre launches mother-child healthcare scheme


• The secret world of child brides

Nepal

• Women from the most disadvantaged part of Nepali society say the government raised their hopes four years ago with promises of helping them out of the sex trade. But since then, many have returned to the only livelihood they can find.


• A Nepali Woman’s Horrific Birth Ordeal

Bangladesh

• Police in southern Bangladesh say a woman cut off a man’s penis during an alleged attempt to rape her and took it to a police station as evidence.

Saudi Arabia

• Saudi woman ‘raped by chauffeur’ as campaign to let both sexes drive gathers pace

China

• American-born Taiwanese Mandopop singer, rapper and actor Wilber Pan Wei Bo (a.k.a. Will Pan) has had his name and image borrowed to promote an erectile dysfunction drug brand.


• A leader of the Tiananmen Square democracy movement is teaming up with US lawmakers in a push to end abortion of girls, warning of security risks as millions of Chinese men fail to find wives.


• Women in China have long been silenced or sidelined—if they weren’t smothered at birth. But now a booming economy has transformed their lives.


• Most cross-border human trafficking in Myanmar involves women tricked into travelling to China to get work, only to find a groom waiting for them on the other side.

South Korea

• Hundreds of prostitutes and their pimps protested on the streets of Chuncheon in South Korea yesterday, seeking a reversal on new anti-prostitution laws which they argue will damage their livelihoods.


• Celebrate gay pride in Seoul

Cambodia

• Midwives on motorbikes spread sex sense in Cambodia

Disclaimer: Some of these media reports may portray sex and sexuality in a negative light. I am merely re-reporting them and may not always agree with the reports or opinions expressed.

Dr. Martha Lee is Founder and Clinical Sexologist of Eros Coaching. She is a certified sexologist with a Doctorate in Human Sexuality. She provides sexuality and intimacy coaching for individuals and couples, conducts sexual education workshops and speaks at public events. For more, visit www.eroscoaching.com or email drmarthalee@eroscoaching.com.