This is one of the many reasons why I tend to avoid reading Malaysian newspaper.Going through some old newspaper, I saw a rather interesting heading which caught my attention: (Click pix on right for larger print)
"18-Year-Old Fell For 15-year Old"
"Perverted Same-Sex Love Caused Girls to Elope"
- a direct translation of the header -
The minute I saw the heading, I've already anticipated a very fucked up article. This was what I though: The article is going to be about the parents finding out their daughter's sexual preference, beat the crap out of the girl (or even lock her up in a room or something like that, even though the papers didn't mention it), then the smart girl pretend to obey them and when they let her out, she escapes from the hell she's in!
Of course, as most Chinese-wanting-to-save-face attitude goes, the parents will say tell the newspaper about how they tried their best to give her "good advise" and would plea for her to go home, so that they could
Of course, that is just my theory. But here's what the article is roughly about (do take note of the similarity) :
Girl (18) fell for another girl (15) and her family was against it, so she packed up and runaway from home on the 1st of March. Mother suspects that Girl-18 has already eloped with Girl-15. (Duh!)
Mother claims to have known about her daughter's same-sex relationship and had "advised" her not to be so stubborn (read: scold and slap the shit out of her), and told her that her girlfriend is only 15 and their relationship might affect Girl-15's study (which is total bullshit! Because if it's really about Girl-15's study, do you think that girl-18 would even think of running away in the first place?).
Mother now claims that she's very worried about her daughter and hopes that Grl-18 will call or get in touch with them when she sees the article. (Whatever the fuck for? So that she can return to the hell whence she just got away from?)
Just to show how worried Mother is, Mother has enlisted the help of Malaysia Chinese Association (MCA), which has in turn issued a warning to the public: It is illegal to help these two girls. If you see them, call the police! (Right... This is a very persuasive way to win back your daughter's heart and trust!)
The things that pissed me off about the article is how the headline call this a "perverted same-sex relationship". What the fuck is so "perverted" about this? If a 70-year-old man can marry a 20-year-old girl who is young enough to be her granddaughter and not called "perverted", what gives them the right to call two girls who are madly in love "perverted"? You wanna know what's "perverted"? Those who rape their own daughters, that's "perverted"!
Another thing is: I don't see why it is so important to find this girl and post her picture up so fucking huge and in color when Malaysia's most wanted criminals only get a small black and white picture that is 1.5cm x 2cm and you can't even make out their face! If only the Malaysian Press could put up more huge ass color pictures of the most wanted criminals in their papers, I bet we could've have all of them apprehended in no time!
The third question in my mind would be: Why is it illegal to help Girl-18? She's 18 and of legal age. If she doesn't want to talk to her parents means she doesn't want to talk to them! How hard is it to understand that? Why the fuck is MCA interfering with other people's family problem? Don't they have more important things to do, like, fight for more Chinese rights and quality in Malaysia? Isn't that the purpose of them getting set up in the first fucking place?!
What I saw in this article is 101 ways to ruin this poor girl's life. She'd probably be out somewhere working right now, trying to start her life over. No thanks to her brainless parents and the nosy MCA, she could be fired because it's "illegal" to have her around. So now her options are limited to:
A) Spend her whole life in hiding (or)
B) Go home and go through the degaynifying shit her parents have lined up for her
What I have to say? "If you're still out there, don't give in to them so easily! Being gay is not a sin. You are who you are, regardless of what people might say. Always hold on to what you believe in."
- For International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO) 2007 -
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