SkinInsite Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 This fall, young girls in China's southern Guangdong province will be learning a new subject in school: how to avoid becoming a mistress. Although Chairman Mao kept a stable of women at his disposal, extramarital peccadilloes were frowned upon during China's more fervent socialist years. But as economic reforms have helped Guangdong become one of the nation's wealthiest regions, the province has been beset by a flood of ernai, literally, "second breast," as mistresses are commonly known in China.In 2007, Guangdong passed a piece of legislation that outlawed the keeping of mistresses, but wasn't able to enforce it. The provincial government's new solution is a pioneering "female education program" across elementary and high schools that aims to teach girls to depend on themselves — not sugar daddies — for their future. "The education will focus on self-esteem, self-confidence, self-reliance and self-improvement," Lei Yulan, vice governor of Guangdong, told a symposium when the initiative was announced in March. http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2072530,00.html As a personal travel note, don't answer your phone or the door at 3am in a Chinese hotel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoony Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2072530,00.htmlAs a personal travel note, don't answer your phone or the door at 3am in a Chinese hotel. really? I must know more. :munchout: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forehead Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 really? I must know more. :munchout: No kidding, that's quite a cliffhanger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinInsite Posted May 31, 2011 Author Share Posted May 31, 2011 Let's just say that "massage" doesn't really mean massage even at a 5 star hotel. And don't get dragged to "karaoke" bars by drunken businessmen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickalino Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 really? I must know more. :munchout: No kidding, that's quite a cliffhanger. Judging from the subject matter, it may not be "fit to print" on E.S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 I didn't have that issue either of the two times I traveled to China, but that's probably because of who I was travelling with. I did bring home a business card which presumably would have directed me to the hotel escort(s). A somewhat amusing read about traveling in China can be found in J. Maarten Troost's Lost on Planet China. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stadium-Armory Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 "Ernai" is now a new term in my arsenal, to be used on the golf course when referring to my opponent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinInsite Posted May 31, 2011 Author Share Posted May 31, 2011 I'm surprised sanpei xiaojie didn't get a mention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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