rollie pollie
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Brings back memories (shows how old I am) when pornography was total blackout in Singapore...
A HISTORY OF SEX IN THE LION CITY
ERA OF THE HARD-UPS
You can only find evidence of skimpily clad women in fashion magazines (and they weren't all that impressive). So only places you can find BANNED material is at the old BRAS BASAH road where the Indian Uncles running small bookshops will dish out the latest but expensive PENTHOUSE and PLAYBOY mags only upon special request.
Of course there will be well travelled school friends who will have a HUGE stack of them. Mind you these was even before VIDEO industry and way way before INTERNET...
Still people make do with live-experimentation either with their girlfriends (oops, fumble fumble) or have their first experience with an older woman (usually a sex-worker and under coercion or because of peer pressure). In fact, having sex with a sex-worker is not uncommon in your father's/ grandfather's time.
THE VIDEO AGE
Eventually the VIDEOs became available and catching diseases from prostitutes became less common. VHS Videotape swapping in schools and having caned in public by the sch principal was common those days.
Magazines like PENTHOUSE/ PLAYBOY became commonplace due to advent of cheaper air-travel. Availability means less of blackmarket activities. Old Bras Basah bookshops relocated to the newer BRAS BASAH COMPLEX and spelled death of the underground MAMA Bookshops. Geylang becomes more stigmatised as ppl move away
R21-rated movies make headway, YANGTZE Cinema takes advantage and soon filled the seats with dirty old men and their China born GFs.
THE INTERNET AGE
Early :
PORN Material becomes freely available. Social networking becomes freely available leading to rise of ADULT friendship sites. Fragile social structures such as marriages experience testing times due to sudden availability of potential partners in cyberspace and often leads to real-space promiscuity. Coincides with availability of VIAGRA and secondary sexual awakenings, more foreign talent, etc.
Mid (NOW) :
Government steps in to curb promiscuity and bans porn websites. All appears well as numbers of porn related activities decreases, statistics show improvement of web-safety. Stuffy parental groups gave out a sigh of relief....
Late (near FUTURE) :
Increased in teen pregnancy... Geylang experiences boom with increased numbers of STD's. HIV numbers ballooned over just a few years. Porn magazines make a comeback with huge sales numbers....
OUR FUTURE... YOU KNOW WHAT? IT SOUNDS JUST LIKE THE BEGINNING!
A HISTORY OF SEX IN THE LION CITY
ERA OF THE HARD-UPS
You can only find evidence of skimpily clad women in fashion magazines (and they weren't all that impressive). So only places you can find BANNED material is at the old BRAS BASAH road where the Indian Uncles running small bookshops will dish out the latest but expensive PENTHOUSE and PLAYBOY mags only upon special request.
Of course there will be well travelled school friends who will have a HUGE stack of them. Mind you these was even before VIDEO industry and way way before INTERNET...
Still people make do with live-experimentation either with their girlfriends (oops, fumble fumble) or have their first experience with an older woman (usually a sex-worker and under coercion or because of peer pressure). In fact, having sex with a sex-worker is not uncommon in your father's/ grandfather's time.
THE VIDEO AGE
Eventually the VIDEOs became available and catching diseases from prostitutes became less common. VHS Videotape swapping in schools and having caned in public by the sch principal was common those days.
Magazines like PENTHOUSE/ PLAYBOY became commonplace due to advent of cheaper air-travel. Availability means less of blackmarket activities. Old Bras Basah bookshops relocated to the newer BRAS BASAH COMPLEX and spelled death of the underground MAMA Bookshops. Geylang becomes more stigmatised as ppl move away
R21-rated movies make headway, YANGTZE Cinema takes advantage and soon filled the seats with dirty old men and their China born GFs.
THE INTERNET AGE
Early :
PORN Material becomes freely available. Social networking becomes freely available leading to rise of ADULT friendship sites. Fragile social structures such as marriages experience testing times due to sudden availability of potential partners in cyberspace and often leads to real-space promiscuity. Coincides with availability of VIAGRA and secondary sexual awakenings, more foreign talent, etc.
Mid (NOW) :
Government steps in to curb promiscuity and bans porn websites. All appears well as numbers of porn related activities decreases, statistics show improvement of web-safety. Stuffy parental groups gave out a sigh of relief....
Late (near FUTURE) :
Increased in teen pregnancy... Geylang experiences boom with increased numbers of STD's. HIV numbers ballooned over just a few years. Porn magazines make a comeback with huge sales numbers....
OUR FUTURE... YOU KNOW WHAT? IT SOUNDS JUST LIKE THE BEGINNING!
