Sex News in Asia – 2/28/11

Singapore

• Now you can hire man maids in Singapore. Are the concerns of safety valid?
• Expats the target of ˜molest’ scams?
• Soccer-Singaporean coach backs away from sexist spat
• 2 online sex syndicates in private flats busted
• More young women with tongue cancer
• Forum letters:
  • Latest idea for increasing birthrates in Singapore: increasing the number of rooms in government flats
  • Is Singapore too dependent on foreign ‘talent’? Nation or Hotel Singapore? You decide
  • Sandwiched single. Singles complain  about being discriminated

Malaysia

• $490 fine for itching in public
• HIV woman has sex with 100 in revenge
• Women come forward after being loved and left dry by Casanova
• What do couples do in hotels besides sleep and have sex? One couple has been caught trying to steal LCD TV from hotel room
• ‘Second wife’ turns out to be a transvestite

China

• More and more Chinese men are looking to the power of skin creams and anti-age serums to help them get ahead professionally, sparking a booming new market that has major cosmetics firms salivating. I wonder if this is supposed to give them an advantage when it comes to their personal and social lives considering the surplus of men.
• Shanghai capsule hotel deemed a fire hazard. Just how do they have sex in these boxes?
• China expands provisions for free pre-pregnancy health examinations nationwide
• 13 million abortions a year in China

Hong Kong

• Pornstar Vonnie Lui loses iPhone4 pics. One wonders if the loss was intentional.

Japan

• Japan child porn cases surge to record high

Taiwan

• ˜No Pants Day’ with pictures

Vietnam

• Police said the wife of a Vietnamese journalist confessed to dousing him in gasoline and torching him in his sleep “ a killing his colleagues initially feared was revenge for his investigative reporting.

Korea

• More than policy is needed to raise birthrates. OECD economist Adema says cultural changes are required.

India

• The world’s biggest family: The man with 39 wives, 94 children and 33 grandchildren
• Big fat Indian weddings could face the axe
• In a bid to curb sexual harassment of women sportspersons, the Sports Ministry wants national federations to frame strict rules, including provisions of filing criminal complaints with appropriate authority if required.

Thailand

• Police in Thailand say they have broken up a Taiwanese-run ring which forced Vietnamese women in Thailand to have babies for subsequent sale. Another article is here. For the first time, I am reading that women can be trafficked for purpose other than forced prostitution in Asia and wonder if this is going to be happening more.

The Philippines

• Catholic residents of Ayala Alabang have passed a village ordinance banning sex education, condoms, pills and other birth control devices in their posh subdivision, triggering a constitutional challenge.

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