I love presumptuous people
Imagine how people would react if Molly were to say, "I am alarmed by developments in AWARE. I don't want my children to say that oh, it's sinful to be homosexual, to experiment with conservatism and fundamentalism. I'm concerned. I'm a parent. It's shocking. How can this be done in Singapore?"
Of course, I would rather say, "I am alarmed by the developments in AWARE. The people in the new exco are assuming that the right thing to do is to declare that homosexuality is evil whereas it would be more appropriate to be neutral. Even if you do not agree with advocating the acceptance of homosexuality, you have to be neutral and tell people that it is currently a controversial issue and you can't decide for them."
But Maureen Ong would rather say:
"i don't want my children to say that oh, it's all right to go and experiment with homosexuality, to experiment with anal sex [why are these people to fixated with anal sex??], to experiment with virginity or the pill or even pre-marital sex. I'm concerned. I'm a parent. It's shocking. How can this be done in our Singapore society?"
Now, how the hell do you experiment with virginity?! I must say Maureen Ong has very creative sexual ideas. Experiment with virginity. I've always thought you either have it or don't have it. What's there to experiment? And the pill. Swallow it or not. What experiment. Does she happen to think of crushing it into powder and applying them to her face as make-up?
But what is really disturbing here is that she might also be suggesting that other than homosexuality, using contraceptive pills is wrong too. Did she forget to say "experiment with condoms" too? Goodness. Homosexuality cannot, pill cannot, pre-marital sex cannot. And the word "even" tells us that she seems to regard pre--marital sex even more seriously than homosexuality or the use of the pill. Which is fine if it's a personal choice. But why go around with the idea that everyone else must have the same values? This is exactly the sort of people I won't want in AWARE. To me, it's fine if people cannot accept homosexuality personally. But it's a different issue when people allow their personal moral values to affect their professional work. And I seriously don't know what a group of people so obsessed with homosexuality would really do for gender equality in Singapore. Tell women, "Either you don't have sex, or you have sex and get pregnant and give birth to babies. Don't use contraceptives. Don't abort. These are sinful. Don't . . ."? I won't be surprised if they do, seriously.
Of course, I would rather say, "I am alarmed by the developments in AWARE. The people in the new exco are assuming that the right thing to do is to declare that homosexuality is evil whereas it would be more appropriate to be neutral. Even if you do not agree with advocating the acceptance of homosexuality, you have to be neutral and tell people that it is currently a controversial issue and you can't decide for them."
But Maureen Ong would rather say:
"i don't want my children to say that oh, it's all right to go and experiment with homosexuality, to experiment with anal sex [why are these people to fixated with anal sex??], to experiment with virginity or the pill or even pre-marital sex. I'm concerned. I'm a parent. It's shocking. How can this be done in our Singapore society?"
Now, how the hell do you experiment with virginity?! I must say Maureen Ong has very creative sexual ideas. Experiment with virginity. I've always thought you either have it or don't have it. What's there to experiment? And the pill. Swallow it or not. What experiment. Does she happen to think of crushing it into powder and applying them to her face as make-up?
But what is really disturbing here is that she might also be suggesting that other than homosexuality, using contraceptive pills is wrong too. Did she forget to say "experiment with condoms" too? Goodness. Homosexuality cannot, pill cannot, pre-marital sex cannot. And the word "even" tells us that she seems to regard pre--marital sex even more seriously than homosexuality or the use of the pill. Which is fine if it's a personal choice. But why go around with the idea that everyone else must have the same values? This is exactly the sort of people I won't want in AWARE. To me, it's fine if people cannot accept homosexuality personally. But it's a different issue when people allow their personal moral values to affect their professional work. And I seriously don't know what a group of people so obsessed with homosexuality would really do for gender equality in Singapore. Tell women, "Either you don't have sex, or you have sex and get pregnant and give birth to babies. Don't use contraceptives. Don't abort. These are sinful. Don't . . ."? I won't be surprised if they do, seriously.