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To: one_less who wrote (1490)	9/21/2006 3:24:30 PM
From: Richnorth	Respond to of 10087

I agree with your assessment. I have lived in various parts Asia over a 10-year period, and I have come across not a few Asian women with the 'chip' and also not a few henpecked husbands. This is not to say there are no henpecked husbands in the west. There are, and those who were beaten by their wives were too ashamed to report them to the authorities. .

To: one_less who wrote (1490)	9/21/2006 3:37:05 PM
From: mph	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10087

Sounds like the author watched Flower Drum Song a few too many times<g> Lyrics - I Enjoy Being a Girl Lyrics -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Lyrics Song: I Enjoy Being a Girl Lyrics I'm a girl, and by me that's only great! I am proud that my silhouette is curvy, That I walk with a sweet and girlish gait With my hips kind of swivelly and swervy. I adore being dressed in something frilly When my date comes to get me at my place. Out I go with my Joe or John or Billy, Like a filly who is ready for the race! When I have a brand new hairdo With my eyelashes all in curl, I float as the clouds on air do, I enjoy being a girl! When men say I'm cute and funny And my teeth aren't teeth, but pearl, I just lap it up like honey I enjoy being a girl! I flip when a fellow sends me flowers, I drool over dresses made of lace, I talk on the telephone for hours With a pound and a half of cream upon my face! I'm strictly a female female And my future I hope will be In the home of a brave and free male Who'll enjoy being a guy having a girl... like... me. When men say I'm sweet as candy As around in a dance we whirl, It goes to my head like brandy, I enjoy being a girl! When someone with eyes that smoulder Says he loves ev'ry silken curl That falls on my iv'ry shoulder, I enjoy being a girl! When I hear the compliment'ry whistle That greets my bikini by the sea, I turn and I glower and I bristle, But I happy to know the whistle's meant for me! I'm strictly a female female And my future I hope will be In the home of a brave and free male Who'll enjoy being a guy having a girl... like... me. __________________________________ I guess the author didn't consider the notion that the bar might actually train its employees and encourage a certain level of decorum. Accordingly, a certain type of woman is selected and retained in the job. I've encountered women (and men) of all ethnic stripes who are loud, crude, overweight, and dress like they're perpetually working on their cars. I'd hesitate to generalize individual lack of self respect to an entire culture or race. I will share a rather funny anecdote, though. About 15 years ago a guy I knew went to Thailand for the first time. He was long divorced and shall we say that his own self image as a studly attractive man was not necessarily shared by all women he met, despite his efforts to convince them of same. When he returned from Thailand, he told me about visiting bars where these hot babes were wearing hot pants and who literally smothered him with attention. He therefore concluded that Thai women were so much nicer and discerning than American women. I didn't have the heart to comment.<g>