Thai Avoids Caning Due to New Sex (punishment, tradition, hell)

[Bishka]

A prostitute who has had a sex change has escaped caning for drug dealing in Singapore after a doctor confirmed her new gender, the Straits Times reports.



The confusion arose because Mongkon Pusuwan, from Thailand, was identified as a man - her original gender - in her passport, the paper reported.

A man could have faced up to 15 strokes of the cane, but women are exempt.

Mongkon Pusuwan pleaded guilty to charges including cocaine trafficking was sentenced to six years in jail.

She underwent a sex change from man to woman 10 years ago, the Straits Times said.

But her fate had been uncertain for weeks while the court waited for a medical report confirming her new gender.

She was arrested in December and charged with trafficking 1.52 grams of cocaine and 2.5 grams of ketamine. A larger amount of drugs in her possession could have earned her the death penalty.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4631316.stm


What do you think?

[angellous_evangellous]

Sometimes it pays to be a woman. Or a man trapped in a woman's body. Or a former woman.

IMHO, caning and killing people for drug sale/use is rather brutal and inhumane.

[michel]

I don't understand; the Thai authorities are very strict on drugs (and frankly I don't blame them), but the fact that a man can have a punisment given to him whilst a woman is exempt sounds a bit 'double standards to me).

Originally Posted by angellous_evangellous

Sometimes it pays to be a woman. Or a man trapped in a woman's body. Or a former woman.

IMHO, caning and killing people for drug sale/use is rather brutal and inhumane.

Personally, I think I would rather have been in the position of having the cane. (which I did once, at English Boarding school)
Don't you think the (born) guy would have rather not had all the traumas of transgender in the first place ? (I can't imagine the suffering he would have been put to because of it)

[angellous_evangellous]

Originally Posted by michel

Personally, I think I would rather have been in the position of having the cane. (which I did once, at English Boarding school)

Was it like this? http://www.corpun.com/singfeat.htm

[michel]

O.K there's no comparisson; I apologise. But I still am confused as to the inequality of the punishment.

[angellous_evangellous]

Originally Posted by michel

O.K there's no comparisson; I apologise. But I still am confused as to the inequality of the punishment.

Thank you.

An appeal to common sense: Most traditional cultures think that men are stronger than women: men are the hunters, warriors, and hard laborers. Women are considered weaker, and therefore, are spared the harsher physical punishment. Perhaps also they might respect the female body as the giver of life.

[Shadow Wolf]

Wow, 15 wacks from a cane. He, or she, or whatever, must have really low pain threshold. It might sting like hell for a while, but you probably wont feel a thing a month later.