China "Women's Town" to put men in their place

[NewJeffCT]

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, also known as "women's town", 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 tourism bureau planned to invest between 200 million yuan ($26 million) and 300 million yuan in infrastructure, roads and buildings, Li said.

http://in.news.yahoo.com/070426/137/6f1dk.html

Somehow, I don't see them getting a lot of tourism because of this?

[AllegroRondo]

1. Funny, I think a lot of men would pay for this.

Seriously.

[datasuspect]

2. i'd pay to be subject to this

and i am quite often very disobedient.

[NewJeffCT]

4. I don't know if it's

like a dominatrix type of thing, though. Knowing how China is about these sorts of things, I'm pretty sure the tourism office doesn't mean it in a sexual sort of way.

Oops - missed the end about punishing with a paddle. Yikes!

[philosophie_en_rose]

3. It depends on what this means.

If it means that this is a celebration of a matriarchal society and its culture, then that's lovely.

If it's a town of female jerks, then not so much.

[NewJeffCT]

5. a town of Chinese dragon ladies

which I'm typing as my Chinese wife is on her way home from work...