John Lindsey
21st September 2002, 19:03
From Salon.com
Self-defense for prostitutes
CARE urges Bangladeshi hookers to take up karate.
By Jack Boulware
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May 24, 2000 | Prostitutes in Bangladesh are having problems with harassment. According to a survey conducted by CARE Bangladesh -- an American nongovernmental organization -- one hooker can "service" up to three clients per night, so there's certainly room for unwarranted maneuvers.
Programs to help improve the lives of hookers have included a search for real estate where prostitutes can live and a safe sex promotional campaign. And now CARE Bangladesh has come up with a novel idea: training hookers in martial arts.
According to the Manavjamin daily tabloid, 5,000 prostitutes have signed up for classes in Chinese and Japanese arts of self-defense, including kung fu and karate. Laugh if you must at the image of prostitutes lined up on a lawn, practicing high kicks and hand chops, grunting with each blow. It might look like a Bruce Lee movie, but if it works, who's to say?
Next up, perhaps, would be some unscrupulous entrepreneur offering martial arts classes for the johns. And then there would have to be a round robin tournament -- hookers vs. customers, with music provided by George Harrison and Ravi Shankar
Self-defense for prostitutes
CARE urges Bangladeshi hookers to take up karate.
By Jack Boulware
- - - - - - - - - -
May 24, 2000 | Prostitutes in Bangladesh are having problems with harassment. According to a survey conducted by CARE Bangladesh -- an American nongovernmental organization -- one hooker can "service" up to three clients per night, so there's certainly room for unwarranted maneuvers.
Programs to help improve the lives of hookers have included a search for real estate where prostitutes can live and a safe sex promotional campaign. And now CARE Bangladesh has come up with a novel idea: training hookers in martial arts.
According to the Manavjamin daily tabloid, 5,000 prostitutes have signed up for classes in Chinese and Japanese arts of self-defense, including kung fu and karate. Laugh if you must at the image of prostitutes lined up on a lawn, practicing high kicks and hand chops, grunting with each blow. It might look like a Bruce Lee movie, but if it works, who's to say?
Next up, perhaps, would be some unscrupulous entrepreneur offering martial arts classes for the johns. And then there would have to be a round robin tournament -- hookers vs. customers, with music provided by George Harrison and Ravi Shankar