Sex, gender and social change: Cambodian blogger tackles taboos - playing with sex toys
by:KISSTOY
2020-03-08
Sex toys, infidelity and penis size are usually quiet topics in conservative Cambodia, but not taboo --
The vandal video blog, known as "a dose of Cath," has fought risque undisguised, winning applause and abuse in the country of clan rule.
A Facebook show hosted by 23 peopleyear-
The old woman of Cambodia has solved the better problems of sex education, women's health and gender imbalance in countries where the # MeToo campaign is barely registered.
A recent episode about a wellknown 19th-
Century Cambodian poetry, which taught at school and advised women not to laugh too loudly, gained nearly 350,000 of the views.
The video features Catherine Harry, who is the pen name of herself.
Describes feminists appearing on Forbes's 2018 list of outstanding Asian leaders and entrepreneurs under 30.
More than a decade ago, Cath gave up her birth name, followed in the footsteps of other Cambodian writers and media figures, and turned to blogs and social media to name herself.
However, few people have so deeply explored the sensitive social problems that Keith faces.
The monologue she filmed in her apartment in Phnom Penh.
"What I want from what I'm doing, from my video, is to start the conversation because the topic I'm talking about, people don't really talk about it, she told AFP.
Including pre-marital sex, whether to see porn, cervical cancer and sexual assault in love.
Statistics show that there is an urgent need for such a dialogue in a kingdom where, as part of the 2014 United Nations study, one out of every five Cambodian men recognizes rape.
Cath shares her own experience to help spark debate, but those who speak out in Cambodia face victims --
Blame or even violence.
"If a woman talks about her experience of sexual assault or sexual harassment, she will be rejected by society, family and friends," she said . ".
While 65% of Cambodia's businesses are run by women, the country's main political and financial institutions remain men --dominated.
Hun Sen, long dragon-
The current prime minister, who has been in power for more than 30 years, has tried to attract young people through his own Facebook page and graduation speech.
He also gave advice to women on how to live and told the women in clothing in May 23 that it would be better to have only one partner so that "there is no need to worry about AIDS ".
"This is the message for young people to do a good job," he said in a live commentary on his Facebook page.
The Prime Minister will win a landslide victory in next month's general election after he supports a crackdown on the opposition. -
Questioning Society
Cath, who studies mass media at Pannasastra University in Phnom Penh, started "vlog" in early 2016 and is now a complete
Time to work and make money through the product placement and condom brand of the skin care company.
"I don't want everyone to agree with me, but I want people to start questioning society," she explained . ".
One of her professors, Raymond Leos, raised Cath when discussing broader trends in students going beyond traditional career paths and family expectations.
"They are very technically savvy, they are very sophisticated, they are very independent in thinking," he said . ".
"A certain dose of Cath" has been less than 30 years old at 15 million of a population of 3, and smartphone usage has more than doubled in the past five years to find ready-made audiences in countries, helped her gather more than 200,000 fans on Facebook.
A video released last year involved female virginity, a national problem in which many women are expected to wait for marriage before making love.
"A woman is not a walking vagina, a thing that is only valuable when she has not been touched, or a white cloth that has been stained, can't be washed away, she said in a post that she had seen it more than 2 million times.
The comment section below is typical of the polarization of her content.
One viewer praised Cath for "standing up bravely" on the issue, but the other posts were rough, and one of them said that "used products are not the same as new products.
Cath said the man harassed her by sending pornographic pictures to her account, while she was often accused of defaming Khmer culture and indecent.
"I am called a sexual demon," she said . ".
"But what I did also inspired many young people.