At the PAP rally in Hougang on 30 April 2011, PAP candidate for Hougang SMC, Desmond Choo recounted a story told to him by "an old man who said that choosing an MP is like choosing a wife"-
Do you know how many Singaporean men (and young women) will agree to that line? I will randomly and subjectively say that it's a good percentage. Why recount the story, why re-tell the example? I'm aware that Desmond Choo was trying to draw an analogy about how difficult it is to make a choice and vote by the story of an old man. But I'm going to obstinately take this the wrong way simply because the younger man obviously thought it to be a great example to re-hash, without thinking through it. What does it say when this analogy resonates with a man strongly enough to re-tell it in publicly. Your spoken analogy doesn't equate my final understanding of it. It really doesn't quite sit well with me.
In a jaw-dropping proclamation in 2007, our Minister Mentor stated that Singapore would suffer if ministerial salaries were not raised to astronomical amounts, "Your security will be at risk and our women will become maids in other people's countries...". So our ministerial salaries have been raised, and in 2011, another stunning proclamation by our esteemed incumbent's display of chauvinism, it has been insinuated that our women (and some men's wives) are effectively useless if they can't cook, and are de facto maids in our own countries.
I don't cook, clean or wash. So therefore, I'm not a desirable mate to many (presumably) Singaporean men. But of course, most men aren't desirable to me either, because they can't cook and expect ME to do things for them. All hail, males. You serve me, not the other way around. I didn't marry a man to "do things" for him. My partner is now laughing at Desmond Choo's unsolicited advice about choosing a wife, or for that matter, voting.
'If your wife is unable to cook, there's no point. You must choose a wife who is able to do things for you.'
Do you know how many Singaporean men (and young women) will agree to that line? I will randomly and subjectively say that it's a good percentage. Why recount the story, why re-tell the example? I'm aware that Desmond Choo was trying to draw an analogy about how difficult it is to make a choice and vote by the story of an old man. But I'm going to obstinately take this the wrong way simply because the younger man obviously thought it to be a great example to re-hash, without thinking through it. What does it say when this analogy resonates with a man strongly enough to re-tell it in publicly. Your spoken analogy doesn't equate my final understanding of it. It really doesn't quite sit well with me.
In a jaw-dropping proclamation in 2007, our Minister Mentor stated that Singapore would suffer if ministerial salaries were not raised to astronomical amounts, "Your security will be at risk and our women will become maids in other people's countries...". So our ministerial salaries have been raised, and in 2011, another stunning proclamation by our esteemed incumbent's display of chauvinism, it has been insinuated that our women (and some men's wives) are effectively useless if they can't cook, and are de facto maids in our own countries.
I don't cook, clean or wash. So therefore, I'm not a desirable mate to many (presumably) Singaporean men. But of course, most men aren't desirable to me either, because they can't cook and expect ME to do things for them. All hail, males. You serve me, not the other way around. I didn't marry a man to "do things" for him. My partner is now laughing at Desmond Choo's unsolicited advice about choosing a wife, or for that matter, voting.
3 comments:
holy cow, he said that? faints.
sigh. what an asinine thing to say. and yup, it makes sense to many guys.
tuti: he re-counted it.
sinlady: luckily you're away. i hope you're still away. if you read all these news, you'll just go up in flames or roll your eyes really bad.
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