Tema: Betel nut Girls

Muy muy curioso!!


Betel nut beauties, or betel nut girls (檳榔西施, pinyin: bīnláng xīshī), are scantily-clad young women selling betel nut on roadside kiosks in Taiwan. A uniquely Taiwanese phenomenon, they are named after the legendary beauty Xi Shi from the Spring and Autumn Period of ancient China.
Taiwanese betel nut kiosks, heavily decorated with bright neon lights, are most common on highways and suburban roads in the western part of the island, such as around Taichung. The main clientele is composed of truck drivers who chew the mildly addictive nuts for the stimulant to help them stay awake on long trips. The high profitability of betel nut production and commerce has led to a multiplication of such kiosks, and as competition for customers' attention has increased, the girls staffing them have been wearing less and less. In 2002, local governments began to ban nudity and excessively revealing clothing in betel nut kiosks, first in Taipei City, then in neighbouring Taoyuan County. As of 2004, although betel nut beauties still exist, they are now more modestly dressed than in previous years.
Betel nut girls are usually from working-class backgrounds. Some are secondary-school dropouts; others may have been forced into the work by their families, in which they are the primary wage-earners. Most have had difficulty finding jobs in such places as chain convenience stores owing to their low levels of education or their youth; or else they (or their relatives) prefer the comparatively higher wages earned from working the kiosks.
Some women's groups have controversially defended the right of working-class betel nut girls to dress provocatively as part of a legitimate effort to improve their economic lot. They point out that sexy images of international supermodels, pop stars, and trade show models are no less provocative but are condoned and even admired by the wider culture. In the view of these groups, policies intended to regulate betel nut girls and their dress smack of hypocrisy and class discrimination.
Others have criticized the media for portraying the girls in a sensational and negative light while largely ignoring the underlying social and economic issues. The Taiwanese anti-sexual exploitation organization Garden of Hope is not optimistic about the autonomy of betel nut girls, whom it regards as child labor exploited by management and sometimes by family members. In its view, working as a betel nut beauty is the first step down a slippery slope leading to substance abuse and prostitution.



NOTA DEL MODERADOR: Las normas prohiben mostrar fotografias didácticas de índole sexual. Quien quiera ver dichas fotos, que las busque, pero quedan terminadamente prohibidas mostrarlas.

2) Pornografía o sexo explícito: Pretendemos que el foro vaya dirigido a personas de todas las edades, sexos y condiciones sociales. Por ello, la proliferación de hilos de índole eminentemente sexual, ya sea con fines didácticos o pornográficos, queda prohibida del subforo de "Charlas". Si hay algo fácil de encontrar en Internet es cualquier cosa relacionada con este tema.

Un resumen del párrafo?

Las fotos sí que son curiosas.

Vaya par......de foreros ...

Iniciado por dawson

Un resumen del párrafo?

Yo entiendo que son puestos donde venden nuez de betel (una especie de droga light de consumo en todo el sudeste asiatico),al haber cada vez mas puestos y una competencia feroz,se usa a esta chicas como reclamo (y cada vez con menos ropa),para los conductores que compran en estos sitios.

Diversas organizaciones denuncian sus condiciones laborales,y el evidente "sexismo" de estos kioskos (de sus propietarios),al ser ademas taiwanesas de clase baja,que necesitan el trabajo.

(perdon si lo he entendido mal.....¿traductores?)