Brastrap flash in Triumph ad a disservice to women

From ‘Not so triumphant for women’, 11 May 2012, Voices, Today online (Tham Kun Moon): It was not too long ago that International Women’s Day was celebrated here and in many other countries. In the same month, an advertisement by an undergarment brand, in which the protagonist wowed her male audience by showing off that [...]

19% of Singaporean women unfaithful to spouses

From ‘Local women ranked top 5 most unfaithful’, 3 Dec 2011, article in insing.com A recent survey has revealed Singaporean women as among the top five most unfaithful in the world. The survey, by condom maker Durex, also reveals that Singaporeans now have twice the number of sex partners compared to four years ago. Singaporean [...]

Only 6.9% of board members are women

From ‘Few women at the top in Singapore, compared to some Asian countries’, 25 Oct 2011, article in Today online Women make up only 6.9 per cent of board members of listed companies on the Singapore Exchange (SGX), according to an inaugural report to track gender diversity in SGX-listed boardrooms. The report – to be [...]

My son knows how to split an infinitive

From ‘Mum’s the word on smarter children’, 21 Sept 2011, ST Forum (DR Lee Siew Peng): THE announcement of my engagement to a Caucasian surprised many who had accepted my status of being ‘on the shelf’ (‘A PhD’s fine, but what about love and babies?’; Sept 6). It is my PhD that is currently on [...]

Women are better drivers than men

From ‘Lady driver:Women are just better drivers’, 11 Sept 2011, article by Tan Mae Lynn, TNP Let’s be honest. We’re better drivers and you know it. We women are just more modest (usually) and don’t have epic egos to battle with. Self-assured is what you can call us. One reason why we’re better drivers is [...]

Singaporean men not as attractive as China men

From ‘Be my man…if you dare’, 4 Sept 2011, article by Joyce Lim, TNP online SHE’S tall, fair and buxomy. And even though China-born singer Zhang Miao Yu thinks Singaporean men are short, workaholic and not as attractive as the men in China, she’s on the prowl to snag one of her own. Since her [...]

Lee Wei Ling: Singaporeans prize intelligence too

From ‘Smart guys win fair ladies’, 7 Aug 2011, article by Lee Wei Ling, Think, Sunday Times …I am not a psychologist, but I do not believe Singaporean men are so simple-minded or our women so calculating as Prof (Norman) Li’s findings (that women are significantly more materialistic than their American peers) indicate. So I [...]

Singaporeans need to have more sex

From Singaporeans want more sex: Survey, 14 July 2011, article by Lin Wenjian, ST Men here had sex 5.2 times on average per month – even though they would ideally like to be doing it 8.7 times – said a survey commissioned by drug maker Pfizer. Singaporean women also felt they were somewhat lacking in [...]

Wives’ duty to make love better than prostitutes

From ‘S’poreans set up local Obedient Wives Club’,  13 June 2011, article in Sg yahoo news. Three Singaporeans have taken it upon themselves to pioneer a local branch of the controversial Obedient Wives Club (OWC). Dr Darlan Zaini, a literature professor, Hamidah Ari and her brother, Azman Ari, are representatives of the newly-formed club in [...]

Lee Wei Ling is not like ‘tinkling jade’ at all

From ‘What’s in a name? Plenty, if it’s in Chinese’, 5 June 2011, article by Lee Wei Ling, Think, Sunday Times I read in the Straits Times a few months ago about a pair of pandas that China will loan to Singapore. …The male panda’s name Kai Kai means overwhelmingly victorious. Even without being told [...]

Follow

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.

Join 77 other followers