Dept to take a closer look at the young and pretty

[calybe]

KOTA KINABALU: Some foreign women may be too pretty to work in a plantation at least that is what the Sabah Immigration Department thinks.

Its officers are taking a closer look at work pass applications from foreign women for jobs in the agricultural sector.

If the women are perceived to be too young or pretty to be working in plantations, their

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[xvisqueux]

Disgusting.

[calybe]

..."doing something else in air-conditioned rooms instead", why don't you grow a pair and change that to "instead of being sexually exploited by criminal syndicates" instead of using some fuckwitted allusion that ends up being more offensive?

Seriously. A+

[romp]

Presumably they've seen this pattern happening. Do they then offer to help these women?

[calybe]

From what I have seen and heard, prostitutes are considered as part of the 'invisible ones' of society. There are NGOs who help these women (especially those that focus on HIV/AIDS) but the govt just raids and arrests. I've never heard of any govt programme helping them out.

To my disgust (especially as a medical student) sex workers are even given the poorest treatment in hospital settings as well.

[tabaqui]

I like that they care, but i wonder if they care only because it makes them look bad, or what, exactly?

And instead of saying 'no, you can't have any work', how about figure out a way to keep *anybody* from being sexually exploited? Meh.

TW for rape culture

[maynardsong]

Yup. And by extension to 2: "Pfft, she's an uggo, so why should I worry about her being sexually exploited? Never mind that women doing manual labor ARE routinely sexually assaulted! It defies my assumption that only hot women get targetted for rape!"