Wednesday, July 20, 2005

New Culture?

I still remember the experience clearly in my head. It was during my 1st year in Australia. Well, I was young and innocent.... and blur, I didn't know what was the sex expo all about. So out of curiosity, I followed my friends to a sex expo in Brisbane Convention Centre.

To my amazement, it showed me another 'world'. It was then I felt that those time when we use to giggle past 'I Need House' in Mid Valley, teasing friends about it, meant nothing. The place was filled with booths selling condoms, sex games, vibrators, sexy lingerie and many many more. They were even 2 huge dick and boobs 'walking' around the convention hall (with people in them of course, just like the mickey in Disney). People even took picture with it, probably to show their friends of the largest dick in the world, apparently.

Walking on further, we saw another kind of booth. I don't know what they call it, but there are mainly poles.... with girls wearing only a G-string playing around with it... then further on, there's another booth where you could take picture with topless girls, with their boobs practically next to your face... I mean very near lar. And one of my guy friend actually went and took photos with them, with his gf just beside us! There were even shows on the stage, dance, talks about sex and all.

Despite the fact that I felt awfully uneasy in there, I didn't regret that visit because somehow I felt that I understand the world a little more now. That was in Australia. But although we don't have sex expo in Malaysia, although government ban it all in the movies and music, its undeniable that sex culture is slowing seeping into our community.

I must admit I don't like the boob-flashing idea, as much as I dislike porn. And its true that even without flashing bloggers, one could easily access porn in the internet anyway. And when you think about it, it seems to make no difference to add one naked picture on the web isn't it? But imagine having millions of flashing-bloggers on the web........... I'll let you think about that one.

Well, some people think that flashing their boobs is alright. Some people think having one night stands are ok. But all the more, its their own life and we can't judge nor stand in their way. Even if you think that they're promoting wrong values.

One may think that its wrong to expose our bodies. But we don't need name calling, shouting vulgar languages and critics, do we? As much as the flashing boobs annoy me, I disrespect those who pick on them and stabs.

3 Comments:

Blogger SaDdNesZ.jc said...

I would like to identify it as a surpressed culture instead of new...

Sex is nothing new... and there's nothing new in sex... Mankind has been doing it since... well... the existance of MAN... and therefore, whether we are coming into the open spaces or not, it is still a fact of life and it is up to us, as learned citizens of a country to act accordingly. Our culture is a rather closed and conservative one, although there are pockets of resistance here and there.

The whole ordeal of shoving and pushing blame on anyone is just pure dramatic. The blame is on both the reader and the author... The author of not practicing self-sencorship, and the readers for jumping on the sensationalism bandwagon...

sorry for the long rant..

5:24 PM  
Blogger Amanda said...

I addressed it new because... it wasn't like that before... there wasn't so much porn and sexual issues before... well, at least according to my ignorance and information access as well.

Or maybe you could see it as a new culture to our closed and conservative culture ;)

5:45 PM  
Blogger NoMandLand said...

I agree with Amanda. My view is it is good to have a closed culture.. but who does what is their own personal life, and freedom should be allowed

12:05 PM  

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