Comments on: If Spiderman were a sex worker http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/06/13/if_spiderman_we/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Teased Eve! http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/06/13/if_spiderman_we/comment-page-2/#comment-242470 Teased Eve! Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:18:26 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5818#comment-242470 <p>Not only sex workers; the aam aurat and aan larki is taking up martial arts to fight of Adams and roadside "Romeos".</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUqF9uzr-Mc&feature=fvsre3">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUqF9uzr-Mc&feature=fvsre3</a></p> <p>You go grrrlzzzz!!!</p> <p>And this Mumbai principal got EXACTLY what he deserved (a bloodied face) from this horde of angry women. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jXPvSpv7_k"> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jXPvSpv7_k</a></p> <p>Words cannot begin to describe the feelings of pridea and joy that are rising within me to know that the sleeping giant/lion (Indian women) is finally waking up....... and with a roar!!!</p> Not only sex workers; the aam aurat and aan larki is taking up martial arts to fight of Adams and roadside “Romeos”.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUqF9uzr-Mc&feature=fvsre3

You go grrrlzzzz!!!

And this Mumbai principal got EXACTLY what he deserved (a bloodied face) from this horde of angry women. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jXPvSpv7_k

Words cannot begin to describe the feelings of pridea and joy that are rising within me to know that the sleeping giant/lion (Indian women) is finally waking up……. and with a roar!!!

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By: DizzyDesi http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/06/13/if_spiderman_we/comment-page-2/#comment-242144 DizzyDesi Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:37:52 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5818#comment-242144 <blockquote>Well, is there anyone here at all who's more concerned about the total lack of technique on display here?</blockquote> <p>No. 'Cos everyone starts as a frickin white belt. And white belts are not known for their technique are they? And some basic technique, confidence and exercise is always useful. And lets keep things in context. These ladies are not going up against spetnaz personnel steeped in Sambo. If the training shows them enough to deal with a drunk out of shape customer, instead of just cowering, it is a big plus. Also does'nt training together build a sense of community? And if there is strong group of people willing to fight back as one what can a solitary troublemaker do?</p> Well, is there anyone here at all who’s more concerned about the total lack of technique on display here?

No. ‘Cos everyone starts as a frickin white belt. And white belts are not known for their technique are they? And some basic technique, confidence and exercise is always useful. And lets keep things in context. These ladies are not going up against spetnaz personnel steeped in Sambo. If the training shows them enough to deal with a drunk out of shape customer, instead of just cowering, it is a big plus. Also does’nt training together build a sense of community? And if there is strong group of people willing to fight back as one what can a solitary troublemaker do?

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By: Salil Maniktahla http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/06/13/if_spiderman_we/comment-page-2/#comment-242115 Salil Maniktahla Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:11:06 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5818#comment-242115 <p>Well, is there anyone here at all who's more concerned about the total lack of technique on display here? I personally wouldn't be too fearful of these ladies. I mean, a few karate classes and suddenly they're confident they can escape attackers?</p> <p>Many martial arts and self-defense classes are more about instilling a sense of self-confidence than an actual ability to defend oneself, IMHO, and just judging by what's being presented in the video, these ladies are getting short-shrift.</p> <p>I think it's great they're doing something self-empowering. I think it might be dangerous if they're not as adequately trained as they might think they are. It's not their fault--it's whoever their instructor is, because that horse stance / reverse punch crap ain't gonna help nobody in a real damn fight.</p> Well, is there anyone here at all who’s more concerned about the total lack of technique on display here? I personally wouldn’t be too fearful of these ladies. I mean, a few karate classes and suddenly they’re confident they can escape attackers?

Many martial arts and self-defense classes are more about instilling a sense of self-confidence than an actual ability to defend oneself, IMHO, and just judging by what’s being presented in the video, these ladies are getting short-shrift.

I think it’s great they’re doing something self-empowering. I think it might be dangerous if they’re not as adequately trained as they might think they are. It’s not their fault–it’s whoever their instructor is, because that horse stance / reverse punch crap ain’t gonna help nobody in a real damn fight.

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By: PS http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/06/13/if_spiderman_we/comment-page-2/#comment-241924 PS Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:50:46 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5818#comment-241924 <p><i>Rob totally deserves the contempt for spewing endless lies and BS in this forum, which always have the intent to impress readers with his supposed elitism. Thus this sexually starved south indian with fair-skin fetish wants us to know that he finds indian prostitutes "horrible" and "low end", so "everyone" has to travel to Dubai or Bangkok</i></p> <p>Huh? where do you get this garbage about Rob's character...sorry haven't seen this in anything he said. I believe Prema, this is you again projecting your insecurities on someone else.</p> Rob totally deserves the contempt for spewing endless lies and BS in this forum, which always have the intent to impress readers with his supposed elitism. Thus this sexually starved south indian with fair-skin fetish wants us to know that he finds indian prostitutes “horrible” and “low end”, so “everyone” has to travel to Dubai or Bangkok

Huh? where do you get this garbage about Rob’s character…sorry haven’t seen this in anything he said. I believe Prema, this is you again projecting your insecurities on someone else.

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By: rob http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/06/13/if_spiderman_we/comment-page-2/#comment-241919 rob Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:32:17 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5818#comment-241919 <p>Whoa, "Uncle John," it's uncanny how you nailed me there--I guess I'm just an "open book." It's terrible what one can come to when one is not "grounded."</p> Whoa, “Uncle John,” it’s uncanny how you nailed me there–I guess I’m just an “open book.” It’s terrible what one can come to when one is not “grounded.”

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By: SHAKTI http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/06/13/if_spiderman_we/comment-page-2/#comment-241918 SHAKTI Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:38:41 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5818#comment-241918 <blockquote>I don't mean to downplay the problem of coercion in the sex-industry (it does exist!), but you can't just rely on examples like that--there are too many mid-20's women willing to go on a long beach-front vacation (sans pimp) for that to be true--nuance, please!</blockquote> <p>Please. These women (in the vid) are not going on long beach-front vacations. For that they would have to be tall, physically fit and gorgeous. These women are servicing a demographic further down on the totem pole.</p> <p>Their clientele, by the way, is not too picky about physique, hence they don't have to obsess over their size and they can eat what they want. There's a market in India for women who look like them.</p> I don’t mean to downplay the problem of coercion in the sex-industry (it does exist!), but you can’t just rely on examples like that–there are too many mid-20′s women willing to go on a long beach-front vacation (sans pimp) for that to be true–nuance, please!

Please. These women (in the vid) are not going on long beach-front vacations. For that they would have to be tall, physically fit and gorgeous. These women are servicing a demographic further down on the totem pole.

Their clientele, by the way, is not too picky about physique, hence they don’t have to obsess over their size and they can eat what they want. There’s a market in India for women who look like them.

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By: uncle john http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/06/13/if_spiderman_we/comment-page-2/#comment-241911 uncle john Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:01:30 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5818#comment-241911 <blockquote>the rob bashing here is out of control.</blockquote> <p>Rob totally deserves the contempt for spewing endless lies and BS in this forum, which always have the intent to impress readers with his supposed elitism. Thus this sexually starved south indian with fair-skin fetish wants us to know that he finds indian prostitutes "horrible" and "low end", so "everyone" has to travel to Dubai or Bangkok for "high end" hookers (read fair-skinned non-desi hos from Russia, far east and elsewhere), even though indian johns like him aren't exactly welcome in these places. But he is willing to put up with the humiliations just for the chance to get serviced by non-desi whores. Sad really, yet he thinks he is being impressive.</p> the rob bashing here is out of control.

Rob totally deserves the contempt for spewing endless lies and BS in this forum, which always have the intent to impress readers with his supposed elitism. Thus this sexually starved south indian with fair-skin fetish wants us to know that he finds indian prostitutes “horrible” and “low end”, so “everyone” has to travel to Dubai or Bangkok for “high end” hookers (read fair-skinned non-desi hos from Russia, far east and elsewhere), even though indian johns like him aren’t exactly welcome in these places. But he is willing to put up with the humiliations just for the chance to get serviced by non-desi whores. Sad really, yet he thinks he is being impressive.

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By: zee http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/06/13/if_spiderman_we/comment-page-2/#comment-241906 zee Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:32:19 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5818#comment-241906 <p>This thread has no doubt been hijacked by Rob, in order to defend his one casual observation that he made in Dubai of some unknown people soliciting sex from east european prostitutes. He has made this one anecdote his basis for 'truthiness' repeating it n-number of times like the fox news, while calling many of the in-depth journalism and statistics report provided by me , Rahul and others as isolated examples. It takes much more to admit publicly that one's argument might not be sounds rather than rabidly defend a minor point. Globally, sex-trafficking is a major problem and involves east europeans in wretched conditions in first world (again read Kristof)...that doesn't make the anecdote you provided a lie, but drawing broad generalizations for all women in clubs in Dubai and Thailand enjoying this condition is absolutely wrong. Winning a debate is not everything ...</p> This thread has no doubt been hijacked by Rob, in order to defend his one casual observation that he made in Dubai of some unknown people soliciting sex from east european prostitutes. He has made this one anecdote his basis for ‘truthiness’ repeating it n-number of times like the fox news, while calling many of the in-depth journalism and statistics report provided by me , Rahul and others as isolated examples. It takes much more to admit publicly that one’s argument might not be sounds rather than rabidly defend a minor point. Globally, sex-trafficking is a major problem and involves east europeans in wretched conditions in first world (again read Kristof)…that doesn’t make the anecdote you provided a lie, but drawing broad generalizations for all women in clubs in Dubai and Thailand enjoying this condition is absolutely wrong. Winning a debate is not everything …

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By: my_dog_jagat http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/06/13/if_spiderman_we/comment-page-2/#comment-241902 my_dog_jagat Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:17:26 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5818#comment-241902 <p>My take: 1. The women might be pudgy because Indians have an obesity problem--our metabolisms are geared to help us survive drought and famine. 2. Rahul derailed the thread-- 3. I love Bubba's last comment.</p> My take: 1. The women might be pudgy because Indians have an obesity problem–our metabolisms are geared to help us survive drought and famine. 2. Rahul derailed the thread– 3. I love Bubba’s last comment.

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By: bubba http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2009/06/13/if_spiderman_we/comment-page-2/#comment-241896 bubba Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:41:24 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5818#comment-241896 <blockquote> I have no interest in rob being smacked down by the moderators.</blockquote> <p>FWIW, I'd love to watch (but only if it's <i>truly</i> consensual).</p> I have no interest in rob being smacked down by the moderators.

FWIW, I’d love to watch (but only if it’s truly consensual).

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