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Speaking up for their gender

Started by Natasha, April 06, 2008, 07:19:43 AM

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Speaking up for their gender

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"WHEN Khartini Slamah strolled into a bank last week to learn about personal insurance, she was told flat in the face that there is no policy available for "people like you".
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Speaking up for their gender

http://leejean.livejournal.com/643313.html

The rude stares, jeering and often the butt of sexual jokes. For a marginalised group of Malaysians, life is a continuous struggle at asserting their identity, writes CHAI MEI LING.

WHEN Khartini Slamah strolled into a bank last week to learn about personal insurance, she was told flat in the face that there is no policy available for "people like you".

"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde


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