Model demands police protection to female revelers during Songkran

[snoop1130]

Model demands police protection to female revelers during Songkran

By Suriya Patathayo 
The Nation

 

 

Thai model Sirinya "Cindy" Bishop, founder of the "Don't tell me how to dress" campaign to stop assault-victim-blaming, urged police to implement measures to prevent sexual harassment during Songkran.

 

Many women are groped or assaulted during the water-splashing festival while police urged women not to wear "too revealing or too sexy" clothing.

 

The Thai-American model and actress led some 30 activists, including victims of sexual harassment during previous Songkrans, to submit a petition to national police chief General Chakthip Chaijinda. 

 

Sirinya called on police to provide security during Songkan to prevent sexual harassment and assaults, while also imposing harsher punishments. 

 

The Progressive Movement Foundation head Jaree Srisawat, who accompanied Sirinya, said alcohol was responsible for 40 per cent of road accidents during Songkran as well as contributing to many sexual assaults and brawls. 

 

Jaree said police should enforce the Alcohol Beverage Control Act 2008, especially the prohibition of alcohol sales to under 18s and ensure that the water-play zones were alcohol-free.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30367076

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2019-04-03

[watcharacters]

 

Seems they should have a right to not be assaulted.

 

 

[KMartinHandyman]

“ensure that the water-play zones were alcohol-free.”
Is there any fun left to be sucked out?

[GeorgeCross]

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The Progressive Movement Foundation head Jaree Srisawat, who accompanied Sirinya, said alcohol was responsible for 40 per cent of road accidents during Songkran as well as contributing to many sexual assaults and brawls. 

 

Jaree said police should enforce the Alcohol Beverage Control Act 2008, especially the prohibition of alcohol sales to under 18s and ensure that the water-play zones were alcohol-free.

 

vehicles are responsible for 100% of road accidents by that logic - maybe start a campaign.. 

 

 

 

 

[from the home of CC]

1 hour ago, KMartinHandyman said:

“ensure that the water-play zones were alcohol-free.”
Is there any fun left to be sucked out?

if people could handle their drug consumption then it wouldn't have to be discussed ..

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

Thai model Sirinya "Cindy" Bishop, founder of the "Don't tell me how to dress" campaign to stop assault-victim-blaming

...

while police urged women not to wear "too revealing or too sexy" clothing. 

 

Seems like the message isn't quite getting thru to the Boys in Brown.....

 

[DrTuner]

Women going in bikinis to water fights, non-smokers cramming into cigar clubs, vegans crowding a bbq joint and so on. Just stay out of the kitchen if you can't stand the heat.

[notasmartassknowitallfarag]

She looks very stereotypical Thai. 

[justin case]

19 minutes ago, DrTuner said:

Women going in bikinis to water fights, non-smokers cramming into cigar clubs, vegans crowding a bbq joint and so on. Just stay out of the kitchen if you can't stand the heat.

so you mean it is ok to grope then ... guess you have no daughters 

[sammieuk1]

I was thinking Fiona Bruce just rocked into town for a roadshow????

[DrTuner]

4 minutes ago, justin case said:

so you mean it is ok to grope then ... guess you have no daughters 

They aren't going in bikinis to water fights. They got too much common sense and too little combatant feminism. 

[Cadbury]

43 minutes ago, DrTuner said:

Women going in bikinis to water fights, non-smokers cramming into cigar clubs, vegans crowding a bbq joint and so on. Just stay out of the kitchen if you can't stand the heat.

I recall the PM once warned "beautiful" women about wearing bikinis that they should not expect to be safe. He later had to retract this stupid comment.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/thailand-beach-murders-thai-pm-suggests-attractive-female-tourists-cannot-expect-to-be-safe-in-9737016.html

[DrTuner]

1 minute ago, Cadbury said:

I recall the PM once warned "beautiful" women about wearing bikinis that they should not expect to be safe. He later had to retract this stupid comment.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/thailand-beach-murders-thai-pm-suggests-attractive-female-tourists-cannot-expect-to-be-safe-in-9737016.html

I think that was in the height of the PC craze. The savior of the white man, Trump, demolished that, thankfully. Next thing you know they'll restart Top Gear with Clarkson. 

[Brigand]

This model doing a fashionable western liberal feminist plea is a waste of time (apart from for her publicity). How many problematic average Thai males give a toss about anything like this? Zero! As long as Thai families raise their males like little kings, who have no money really, that cannot do wrong, then you will have this entitled nonsense/crime you see now. As for the morons in brown uniforms, better to not even get started on their omni-uselessness.

Edited April 3, 2019 by Brigand
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[dcnx]

But the guys will be drunk, it’s all good.

[fforest1]

Walk into a crowd of young drunk over excited guys and a groping should be expected.....Stay there and get groped some more....Dont want to be groped dont go there....  

[Prissana Pescud]

7 hours ago, GeorgeCross said:

 

vehicles are responsible for 100% of road accidents by that logic - maybe start a campaign.. 

 

 

 

 

The fact is that there are a lot of pissed or stoned drivers every day in Thailand (plus incompetence) that account for massive loss of life every day.

It is the old perennial, who killed the man, a bullet, the gun or the person who fired it.

If you don't drive when you are pissed, all is good.

If you don't holster up when you are pissed or stoned, all is good.

 For me I no longer drive even if I have had only a sip. And I don't need a gun.

But I used to and that is the problem.

  

[Moti24]

17 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Thai model Sirinya "Cindy" Bishop, founder of the "Don't tell me how to dress" campaign to stop assault-victim-blaming, urged police to implement measures to prevent sexual harassment during Songkran.

 

Many women are groped or assaulted during the water-splashing festival while police urged women not to wear "too revealing or too sexy" clothing.

Last time I played, many years ago, I had a hand grab my tackle from behind, and was reluctant to let-go.  The hand belonged to a thirty-something woman, who just smiled and walked-on.

 

Imagine what reaction I would have got if I had reported it to the police.

[HighPriority]

7 minutes ago, Moti24 said:

Last time I played, many years ago, I had a hand grab my tackle from behind, and was reluctant to let-go.  The hand belonged to a thirty-something woman, who just smiled and walked-on.

 

Imagine what reaction I would have got if I had reported it to the police.

Yeah, but you hansum man... 

[Vacuum]

15 hours ago, justin case said:

so you mean it is ok to grope then ... guess you have no daughters 

Depends on the 'groper'. If he's part of a S.Korean boy band, many would be more than happy to be groped.

 

Keep an eye on your daughters.

[farcanell]

18 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

urged police to implement measures to prevent sexual harassment during Songkran.

Urged police.... ????????????????..... with a list of names.... none Benjamin, so I have little faith in any proactive outcome.

 

the reality is that she/ they are just publicly asking the police to do their job. Protect and serve.... but we know that they rarely do that

 

besides which, if they were to do a portion of their job, letting a little slap and tickle slid in favor of actually policing the roads, would be my preference.

 

look to yourself.... I won’t be out on my bike ( during songkran) because idiots throw buckets of ice and water at people. I know it’s going to happen. I plan for it. There will be groping in almost any crowd (what with humans being the beasts we are). Expect it. Plan for it..... but if your plan is to rely on the police to be proactive, you need a new plan..

[sanemax]

5 minutes ago, Father Fintan Stack said:

 

Men (and women) should be able to control their urges. End of. 

Yes, people should be able to control their urges and most people can do so .

But the reality is that there are some people who cannot control their urges and that needs to be taken into consideration when deciding  what clothes to wear 

[DrTuner]

The human kind would go extinct if everybody did what they are told they should do. That said..

 

For thousands of years humans managed to cope with reality, now PC nutters and SJWs are trying to live in an alternate universe. It's more dangerous than acknowledging the world is full of a-holes and one should act accordingly.

 

Nobody screams bloody murder if defensive driving is mentioned. I should be able to drive the wrong way on sidewalk 250km/h but that ain't gonna happen either. Common sense is in short supply.

[Myran]

17 hours ago, DrTuner said:

Women going in bikinis to water fights, non-smokers cramming into cigar clubs, vegans crowding a bbq joint and so on. Just stay out of the kitchen if you can't stand the heat.

Are you seriously suggesting that you should expect to be sexually harassed and groped just because you wear a bikini to a water fight? Would you just shrug it off if your daughter was assaulted in this manner and tell her to stop whining? Hardly.

[DrTuner]

Just now, Myran said:

Are you seriously suggesting that you should expect to be sexually harassed and groped just because you wear a bikini to a water fight? 

Yes, I'll give it a 99.99% chance. 

[sanemax]

5 minutes ago, Myran said:

Are you seriously suggesting that you should expect to be sexually harassed and groped just because you wear a bikini to a water fight? Would you just shrug it off if your daughter was assaulted in this manner and tell her to stop whining? Hardly.

I would say that it would be a possibility and the fact that it happens , shows that its a distinct possibility 

[Myran]

1 hour ago, DrTuner said:

Yes, I'll give it a 99.99% chance. 

Maybe when you're around, based upon your views on the subject.

[KenKadz]

Staying Home might afford some protection but that would require common sense.

[DrTuner]

9 minutes ago, Myran said:

Maybe when you're around, based upon your views on the subject.

No worries I won't be around, had enough katoys groping my balls in 2007. Do I get a metoo pin, soooooo traumatized.

 

Moral of the story: don't shoot at katoys unless you need a good grope.

[katana]

This is how the police dealt with gropers in previous years at Khaosan Road.