The Wild, Wild East: Women’s Town
In the “What the hell are we gonna do after the Olympics?” department comes a true story from Reuters about a real government year of the pork barrel stunt: Chinese tourism authorities are spending money and looking for more investors so they can build the the world’s first “women’s town.”
This is kind of an Asian remake of Amazon Women on the Moon: Men would get punished for disobedience ( I am guessing that leather is optional here) in Longshuihu village in the Shuangqiao district of Chongqing. The “rule” of law in the municipality, also known as “women’s town”, is the alleged inverse of the Chinese norm and new-age frontier justice: “women rule and men obey.”
The tourism bureau plans to invest between 200 million yuan (20 million bucks) and 300 million yuan in infrastructure (stocks, muzzles….) roads and buildings. And they are looking for foreign investment. I see the stockholder cert’s now: Mistress Belladonna, Madame Lash, Mistress Scary….
According to Reuters:
“When tour groups enter the town, female tourists would play the dominant role when shopping or choosing a place to stay, and a disobedient man would be punished by ‘kneeling on an uneven board’ or washing dishes in restaurant, media reports said.
The project, begun in the end of 2005, was expected to take three to five years to finish.”
It would be done in two, but the men headed there as construction workers have refused to ask the women for directions.
Thanks again Dave….
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Perfect graphic for the story!
Thanks for the lead Dave…
You i-Bod turned out to be an i-Pod mini….Kinda….Looks exactly like the original….Will be on its way on Monday….It will be a great chat starter…
L