Bekasi, Sex Capital of Indonesia (Or so it seems)

In other news,  Bekasi maintains it’s lead as a hot bed (literally) of sin with reports coming in regarding a new religious sect which has some rather interesting theories on worship…

Once again the Jakarta Post explains (How do they get all the juicy stuff)

A squad of officers from the South Jakarta Police are heading to Bekasi in pursuit of the leader of a religious sect that practices rituals involving sexual orgies and preaches free sex, after arresting two members earlier in Pasar Minggu on Tuesday.

A police report said the sect, Satria Piningit Weteng Buwono, operated in Jakarta and Bekasi since 2007, and was led by a spiritual leader identified as Agus Iman Solichin also known as Noro.

Although employing elements similar to those used by Muslims, Noro reportedly told his followers to switch sex partners as part of religious ritual, and also to have sex while being watched by other members.

Instead of praying five times a day, the police report went on, the cult's members were told to play music together while singing pop tunes with mantras. ( Using an ABBA song as the call to prayer would surely have given the game away methinks)

He is said to have about 40 followers, all adults. At the beginning, Noro told them to pray and carry out religious recitations. After several months, he told them he was God and that they didn't have to do that any more.  

Even better, Noro gave religious sermons wearing only his underpants and taught his disciples "Kamasutra" sex techniques to use in the afterlife, with followers claiming that they behaved as if they had been hypnotised during these “lessons”

An Attorney General's Office spokesman said the sect leader could face five years in prison under the current laws. Only problem is that the investigation would be undertaken by a special group within the AGO!.

Yes, once again, there is a killer, the special group mentioned is the “ Coordinating Body for Monitoring Mystical Beliefs in Society” …bloody hell, I don’t know about you but this sounds like Indonesia’s very own Torchwood, presumably without the gays!

Bang Gang in Belasi

While I live in Jakarta, my workplace (to use the term loosely) is in the outskirts in an area known as Bekasi. To put things in perspective, Bekasi although considered as a suburb of Jakarta is actually home to more people than the capital city of Scotland.

Accordingly, Bekasi has it’s own social problems and while not as strict as these dammed Tangerangies, Bekasi does come down hard on the moral side of things and the sex Trade is high on the list.

In 2004, just as I arrived in this fair land, Bekasi made a ruling against prostitution in the area , considering it their moral responsibility to combat the sex trade and it has been said the these measures had been effective in wiping out the "social disease" of prostitution.



In a recent statement to the press, a gentleman with the extraordinary title of “head of administration affairs of public order officials” said:

"There can't be smoke without fire. Our job is to extinguish that fire,"

"We have always targeted prostitutes in our raids because in our opinion they are the origin of this social disease,"

Funnily enough, it appears that this lady may still be working there...


Now, after the raiding has finished, any sex workers caught in raids, mostly female, are sent to what are known as Social rehabilitation Center’s which fall under the wing of the  Social Affairs Ministry.

It was intended that these centers offer classes in sewing and beauty styling, each course lasting three-four months so that the detainees may develop new skills and increase their prospect of employment .

But, as you may have guessed, there is another story hidden behind this apparently philanthropic strategy.

Money!

It appears that whenever a raid was conducted sex workers only had to pay police between Rp 200,000 and Rp 500,000 (US$ 20-50) to be released from detention.

No money, then it’s off to rehab for you, but even then, the game does not stop!

 In the centre, there are “brokers who settle the problem for around Rp 1 million (US$100) to get the ladies out and working again.

A spokeswoman for the sex Workers in East Java openly stated that "The raids are nothing more than an income source for public order officers."

It was reported that in November the public order office recorded that there were 82 sex workers in South, West and East Bekasi. In the same area there are officially 95 stalls offering food and sex workers, locally known as warung remang or dim-lighted stalls, and around 300 massage parlors and karaoke spots, also key spots for the sex trade.

I don’t understand what an “official” stall is, nor the numbers that they have come up with, however, making assumptions this could mean up to IR 95,400,000 (US$ 9,500) as a potential revenue source if each of the workers, stalls and massage parlors each were stung for US$20 each month…

Ironically, although the raids continue, the office rarely caught the pimps or clients because "we conduct raids on the streets, not in the hotels or wherever they have their end away”

More likely, if caught, the pimps and clients will have the necessary cash to pay the spot fines and avoid imprisonment.

Once again, money talks, but one things for sure. I sure as hell don’t see the Public Order Office loosing almost ten grand a month in extras……not anytime soon anyway!

Bustin' Out (Bekasi version)

In my Inbox this morning I found a message which went thus:

rima fauzi has left a new comment
I have tagged you to do a boobs post.

The original subject matter arose from Rima’s Post on this very topic here…

http://rimafauzi.com/blogs/?p=1011

I do not normally react to “being tagged” but, when the subject matter is one off fascination for ½ the planet (I have not taken account of gay ambivalence in this figure) I though I’d better investigate and deal with it.

In order to first understand the male predilection with “mammalian protuberances” I decided to research what was considered the Determinants on Female Attractiveness and found quite an unusual comparison between the number off factors between males and females.

These were listed as below:
1 Determinants of male physical attractiveness
1.1 Build
1.2 Height
1.3 Variability in preferences

2 Determinants of female physical attractiveness
2.1 Signals of youth
2.2 Breast size
2.3 Proportion of body mass to body structure
2.4 Waist-hip ratio
2.5 Height
2.6 Prototypicality as beauty
2.7 Skin tone


I always knew that women were far more complex than males, but I had never seen the definitive list of physical measurements before. Interestingly, to get back on topic “breasts” were the second most important factor.

To further research, I took it upon myself to check out Desmond Morris, the author of “The Naked Ape” for a bit off “history” on the subject. Desmond obviously has run a check on the whole affair and came up with this.

"Other anatomical features also evolved to entice mates, they all appear on the front of the body--as if to encourage frontal copulation. Fleshy earlobes, protruding noses, red lips (which Morris says were designed to mimic the genitals), and swelling breasts evolved as sexual signals to invite copulation from the front."

"These have no physiological use whatsoever and biologists agree that their original function was sexual invitation. These sensitive, fleshy, delicate areas expand by one-third during intercourse. The nipples harden at the slightest touch, and for most women fondling of their breasts stimulates their desire for intercourse."

Perhaps the breasts mimic the fleshy, rounded buttocks that attracted males during rear-entry intercourse. Whatever the case, protohominid males liked them in yesteryear. Those with larger breasts had more young than those less endowed.

So, our reason for this fascination came from our hairy arsed ancestors who based a woman’s shaggability and thus the survival off the species by the size of her breast’s …Coool!

However, thanks to evolution and science, this need not necessarily be the case anymore and, to be honest, I am surprised that South east Asia became the most populous area in the world as the Asian boobage factor is not necessarily the highest in the world.

The Asian physique, generally petite does not happily accommodate significant “breastal regions” and off late, there has been in increase in the “Augmentation Industry” targeted at the South East Asian market in both the surgical and enhancement product area’s.

My particular favourite is the Yokoyama Corporation’s F-Cup Pudding snacks.



These products, widely sold in Japan have e magic ingredient called pueraria mirifica, a plant containing phytoestrogens that is being marketed as a natural breast enhancer. The mango-flavoured pudding snacks also contain soy protein and red clover, other products with phytoestrogens that, it should be noted, are used for treating menopause.

Moving along, here in Indonesia the whole subject is a bit risqué, especially with the possible implementation of the new “Pornography Bill” which has been much discussed in other parts of the blogosphere,

This bill will however probably not stop Djarum, one of the countries largest tobacco giants working on the principle that “Tits Sell”

Djarum had discovered that there was a potential market in Hungary for their clove flavoured cigarettes and embarked on a marketing campaign to break into the product within the country. Problem was, how to market the trade mark smell of Indonesia within Eastern Europe using traditional Indonesian values and advertising skills.

In Indonesian campaigns, the Djarum marketing executives have traditionally used hostesses who display a wholesome image, slightly taller than the norm, more décolletage than the lady next door and, if possible, fairer of face.

For Hungary, it was clear this would not work so, screw the traditional values, bare breasts and body paint were the order of the day. Want to make your average Boris start smoking kretek, easy, get him fair and square between the sights of two larger than normal breasts (or four may be better) and he will succumb.

Not allowed here but perfectly acceptable within Europe….. they even do the "Hitam" (dark) version of this popular cigarette!

So, there it is, as usual, even on the Breast Subject, double standards exist within Indonesia.


I must however admit that my personal preference is for the more delicate design in this department and, I will prove this by posting a picture of (in my opinion) the nicest pair of tits I have ever seen.

Interesting Statistics
Google Statistics:
Google can find approximately 30 million websites that have used the standard word tits. This is far greater than the number it finds for either the word 'boobs' or 'breasts'

Google can find nearly half a million images based on the word tits. This is approximately 4 times as many as it will find with the word 'breasts' and 2 times as many as it will find with the word 'boobs'

Edit: 25th October 2008 

Nearly forgot...

Q: Whats the similarity between Tits and Trainsets?

A: They are both for kids but Dad's like playing with them as well!