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When I first came here, I was doing a lot of googling as usual and imagine my surprise when I discovered there are a whole LOAD of NGOs dedicated to ruling out human and child trafficking. I was surprised to know prostitution is legalized here, too. Yes, they have rules/fine for jaywalking, chewing food on public transport, and it is illegal to try to romp around without a shirt on(nobody wants to see your abs), and it is actually OK to call the police if your neighbor walks around his home naked and has forgotten to draw the curtains. But yes, its totally OK when it comes to public displays of affection, or did I mention.. chewing gum!?
So.. back to what was being said.. the NGOs have stories of their victims. You have girls from Bangkok and Malaysia offering their services here and repenting openly but not being able to change a thing because the situation demands it and they have mouths to feed back home. The girl says- I'd love to get a decent life- want to be a cashier in a good chain.. and find my way up.. I want my son to be proud of me when he grows up! But I just get a lot of money here, its easier and I am truly scared that they'll take me for a ride once I reform and dig into my past.
Hmmm. I'm thinking of joining an NGO. Want to listen to people and just ask questions, without probing, and see if I can help them and offer comfort.
Imagine this: A teenager with HIV trying to find a boyfriend. Will she eventually find her true love, or will she ever find a lover?
And now, imagine this: This HIV-positive girl grows up with an antagonizing vengeance contributed not by the virus, but by the stigma. What will she do?
Low Kay Hwa’s latest novel, Lilith, tells a story about a HIV-positive woman who was infected due to parent-to-child transmission. Since young, she has been marginalized by society for her illness: No one gave her a second chance. When she was a child, she had no playmates. When she was a teenager, she had no BFF.
When she was sixteen, she said that “when a person’s limit is broken, either she breaks down, or she breaks others. I used to break down. But now, I break others.”
And so, she started to seduce men and have sex with them to infect them with HIV. For if she cannot disregard the fact that she is HIV-positive, then she will make everyone HIV-positive.
“If I cannot get out of hell, I will bring everyone to hell.”
Its like saying.. If I'm going down, I'm getting everyone down with me!
But its touchingly understandable in a way.. to pay back on the same coin.
A child would not react kindly to being ignored. It is in our nature to ask for attention and love and affection. I don't know about you guys, but I need reassurances everyDAY.
And a whole lot I get, too!
Read the disturbing story (place:where I now live), here:
mmm Noble thought.
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