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Friday, April 27, 2007

Women's Week Cont.

China "women's town" to put men in their place
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese tourism authorities are seeking investment to build a novel concept attraction -- the world's first "women's town", where men get punished for disobedience, an official said on Thursday.
The 2.3-square-km Longshuihu village in the Shuangqiao district of Chongqing municipality, was based on the local traditional concept of "women rule and men obey", a tourism official told Reuters.
"Traditional women dominate and men have to be obedient in the areas of Sichuan province and Chongqing, and now we are using it as an idea to attract tourists and boost tourism," the official, surname Li, said by telephone.
The motto of the new town would be "women never make mistakes, and men can never refuse women's requests", Chinese media have reported.
When tour groups enter the town, female tourists would play the dominant role when shopping or choosing a place to stay, and a disobedient man would be punished by "kneeling on an uneven board" or washing dishes in restaurant, media reports said.
I've been looking for a way to achieve balance or what the Chinese refer to as yin and yang in my relationship in one essential area. Google my name and you get many entries but Google GF Phyllis Jensen's and you get zippo. She's an accomplished woman of many skills and passions yet any internet search comes up completely empty. Well Phyllis Jensen...those days are over!! Thanks to me any of the lonely farmers you count among your neighbours can now find reference to you and should one of the many mental patients that you care for wish to know more about you the info is now just a click away.

I suppose writing about Phyllis (Jensen) in what is ostensibly a story about a women's town attraction in China seems a bit incongruous but the more I read and researched that article the more I was left wondering if they hadn't hired her as a consultant.

Almost as soon as she could walk Phyllis was given the nickname Barnboss around the family farm and has never since run into a situation that she couldn't at least attempt to control. Part Mom, part nurse, part dominatrix Phyllis Jensen has taught me more about how to properly love and obey a woman than I knew there was to learn. While I haven't yet mastered the art I feel I've made progress and with only a few more rounds of uneven board kneeling the process will be complete! So here's to you Phyllis Jensen and if Women's Town needs a lady mayoress you can count on my vote.
Ed. Note: While there are other entries for Phyllis Jensen and even for nurses named Phyllis Jensen there were to this point none for what in our opinion is the finest Phyllis Jensen of them all.

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