Every Woman’s Blog

A few days ago I read with disgust as a woman tells her story of how she has a regular day job and by night she works as a sex worker to support her husband and kids as well as her aging parents. And she’s been doing this for 3 years and hopes to do so for another few more years to save up enough money from her earnings as a prostitute.

Whilst she feels nothing wrong with being a sex worker who earns at most RM80 per customer, I do wonder why her husband is totally fine with this! Is he a pimp and therefore pimping his wife as a prostitute? Does he not care about the welfare of his wife, having to sleep with all kinds of men, whom she revealed to be from the age of 17 to 80 years?

If he does not care much about her as his wife, maybe he should think about her as a mother to his kids. You do not simply let the mother of your kids get involved in such work! How will he kids feel knowing that their mother sells her body to support the family and the father does not stop her?

The man of the house could easily pick up another job if he’s not already earning enough to support the family. I don’t think agreeing to the wife being a prostitute is a responsible thing to do.

I read a headline in the local newspapers that read:

Single mom gets 4yrs for robbing a man of RM220

According to the press release, the woman is a single mother of 3 school going kids whose meager salary is insufficient to provide for her family. So she worked with 2 other accomplice and robbed a man of cash. For that, she is sentenced to 4 years jail while her two accomplice are still at large.

I thought the sentence of a 4-year jail term was a bit harsh on her. For that amount, which comes up to around US$70, it seems to be a petty theft at work. Sure enough, she collaborated with others to rob the man, and if he had more cash he may have been robbed of a larger sum.

Maybe it’s the fact that she’s a single mother who turned to vices to provide for her children that made me have a softer spot for her. I personally feel that the jail term is rather harsh. A 4 year jail term seems more appropriate for more serious crimes. What do you think? Or do you think I’m just a softie and that she deserves the sentence?

At the end of the day, I just feel really sorry for her kids who will be missing their mother for the next 4 years. And who’s to know if they will be well cared for because they have no other family members and will be looked after by their neighbour.

Ladies, here’s the deal. There’s going to be a Women in Leadership Conference next week, where it aims to empower career women to succeed. This event is officiated by Minister of Women, Family and Community Development, Dato’ Sri Dr Ng Yen Yen.

Amongst other empowered and leading career women who will make a feature at this conference are Yasmin Mahmood, Managing Director of Microsoft Malaysia, Anne Abraham, Managing Director of Cisco Systems, Ng Wan Peng, Vice President of MDeC, Dolly Kee, Director of Image Power, Alecia Heng, President of Gorgeous Geeks and Carol Yip, CEO of Abacus For Money.

Some of the featured topics include:

• Secret Recipe For Successful Women Leadership
• Connecting Women with Technology
• Shaping Your Professional Image
• Corporate Governance
• Be a Great Leader of Your Own Life, Career & Money
• Personal Branding – The Power Of You
• Success Through Support and Networking

If you are interesed in this women conference and would like more information, visit the organiser’s website at Gorgeous Geeks.