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| Bad time to be a eunuch |
| 2007-10-29 |
| It’s hard times for eunuchs, these days. Not long ago, they used to earn their livelihood by singing and dancing at family functions like weddings and births, but things are not the same for them anymore, at least not in urban localities. As people are fast moving away from local customs and traditions and switching over to western culture, eunuchs are no more invited to such family functions. Musical groups and singers have replaced them. Hard pressed in such circumstances, they are found engaged in prostitution to keep them going. Eunuchs selling sex can be spotted at night on the city’s busy roads and markets. The Mall, Liaquat Chowk, Chandni Chowk, 5th Road, 6th Road, Commercial Market, Shamsabad Chowk are a few places where one can find eunuchs standing on roadsides, selling sex. Mostly, youngsters happen to be their clients. It is also learnt that some people use their particular physical attributes and facial expressions to appear as eunuchs and thus, earn money. With the business going down, many eunuchs prefer begging on the streets. Some indulge in drug peddling, pick pocketing, mobile, purse and car snatching and kidnapping people for ransom etc. Goodi, a man who looks very feminine, said he was a father of two from Lahore and had disguised himself as a eunuch to earn a livelihood for his family. “I beg and sell sex to make ends meet,” he said. Shameela said he had changed his sex through surgery two years ago to earn money for his family. He said people by and large wanted to have sex with him. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #10 They just call it SRS over here. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2007-10-29 21:59 |
| #9 Eunuchs seldom get prostate cancer but then life is a little dull. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2007-10-29 15:33 |
| #8 Bad time to be a eunuch When is it not? |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-10-29 13:19 |
| #7 way way weird, Pak Indices, arguably the most flummoxed up nation on Earth, haz the most flummoxed up Indices on Earth, and within dem Indices haz the most flummoxed up Index of all.. The Eunuch Index. Bad time to be a eunuch |
| Posted by: Red Dawg 2007-10-29 13:05 |
| #6 In my coverage of this phenom, I've always marvelled at the notion that eunuchs were good luck. Perhaps it's the "better him than me" variety. They actually have a political party in India. I presume they do not stand for tax cuts. |
| Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2007-10-29 12:33 |
| #5 Thank God I know not to do this now... What, no comments on ""sell sex to make ends meet,”? |
| Posted by: John J. Simmins 2007-10-29 12:18 |
| #4 Bad time to be a eunuch And now you tell me! |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2007-10-29 10:21 |
| #3 It takes balls to be on those mean streets. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2007-10-29 10:13 |
| #2 ItÂ’s hard times for eunuchs Is that possible? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-10-29 09:19 |
| #1 They should emmigrate to Europe and become politicians - they'd fit right in. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2007-10-29 07:18 |