Comments on: Dance for health http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2006/12/30/dance-for-health/ New perspectives on mainland Southeast Asia Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:10:35 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Laughing with Ladda http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2006/12/30/dance-for-health/comment-page-1/#comment-198747 Laughing with Ladda Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:10:00 +0000 http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2006/12/30/dance-for-health/#comment-198747 [...] Mandala’s favourite junta bureaucrat, Ladda Tangsupachai (scourge of coyotes) has made it big [...]

]]> By: New Mandala » Spot the Thai national dress http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2006/12/30/dance-for-health/comment-page-1/#comment-95131 New Mandala » Spot the Thai national dress Sat, 02 Jun 2007 07:45:06 +0000 http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2006/12/30/dance-for-health/#comment-95131 [...] protector Ladda Tangsupachai has featured in New Mandala before with the enlightened statement that “Coyote Girls have to be in the right [...] [...] protector Ladda Tangsupachai has featured in New Mandala before with the enlightened statement that “Coyote Girls have to be in the right [...]

]]> By: anon http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2006/12/30/dance-for-health/comment-page-1/#comment-16783 anon Sun, 31 Dec 2006 06:40:17 +0000 http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2006/12/30/dance-for-health/#comment-16783 So dancing in public to hip-hop while wearing a miniskirt and a tank top is allowed, but dancing on a raised platform to hip-hop while wearing a miniskirt and a tube top is banned? Really, what's the difference? So dancing in public to hip-hop while wearing a miniskirt and a tank top is allowed, but dancing on a raised platform to hip-hop while wearing a miniskirt and a tube top is banned? Really, what’s the difference?

]]> By: miss kelly http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2006/12/30/dance-for-health/comment-page-1/#comment-16744 miss kelly Sun, 31 Dec 2006 02:57:35 +0000 http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2006/12/30/dance-for-health/#comment-16744 So they're banned from dancing in public places, fine, I have no problem with that. No one is stopping club or bar owners from having dancing girls. Not everyone wants to look at skimpily clad women in every setting, which is increasingly the norm no matter where one goes these days. Young women are under very strong social pressure nowadays not only to be pretty but to be sexy and "hot." We're not doing the generation of young women any favors. There's a time and a place for everything. Coyote Girls dancing near Buddhist temples IS an affront. Save it for the clubs. So they’re banned from dancing in public places, fine, I have no problem with that. No one is stopping club or bar owners from having dancing girls. Not everyone wants to look at skimpily clad women in every setting, which is increasingly the norm no matter where one goes these days. Young women are under very strong social pressure nowadays not only to be pretty but to be sexy and “hot.” We’re not doing the generation of young women any favors. There’s a time and a place for everything. Coyote Girls dancing near Buddhist temples IS an affront. Save it for the clubs.

]]> By: anon http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2006/12/30/dance-for-health/comment-page-1/#comment-16697 anon Sat, 30 Dec 2006 22:28:04 +0000 http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2006/12/30/dance-for-health/#comment-16697 At the coyote spots I frequent (Soprano, Forte, Caribean) the girls hardly ever wear anything close to X-rated. Usually short skirts, hotpants, tank tops or tube tops. Just slightly sexier than what you'd see in Siam Square. Heck, I've seen shorter skirts on the campus of Chulalongkorn University, or among the college interns at Government House or the Bank of Thailand. You'll see a lot more skin in a Patpong bar or a Western stripclub than in a coyote spot. The old ladies in the Culture Ministry have to get it out of their heads that these girls are <i>not prostitutes</i>, and that in rape, males are the guilty party, not females. At the coyote spots I frequent (Soprano, Forte, Caribean) the girls hardly ever wear anything close to X-rated. Usually short skirts, hotpants, tank tops or tube tops. Just slightly sexier than what you’d see in Siam Square. Heck, I’ve seen shorter skirts on the campus of Chulalongkorn University, or among the college interns at Government House or the Bank of Thailand. You’ll see a lot more skin in a Patpong bar or a Western stripclub than in a coyote spot.

The old ladies in the Culture Ministry have to get it out of their heads that these girls are not prostitutes, and that in rape, males are the guilty party, not females.

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