Going down to KL this weekend and thought I’d leave you guys with this (if I haven’t told you about this already).

I don’t usually care much for blogger drama but this case feels a little different somehow.

It started with a post by a Singaporean blogger, Jean, titled “Help needed: I was molested by a friend while I was asleep“. To really get into this, DON’T READ THE COMMENTS. Digest it and form your own opinion.

Basically in the post the blogger outlines how she went on a trip alone with a (guy) friend and ended up sharing the same bed with him because the hotel was out of rooms. On the last night:

Half way through my sleep, I thought I felt hands moving along my back. Being a light sleeper (I’m usually a light sleeper when overseas), I woke up and felt fingers running along the right side of my back. With my back facing John, I didn’t know what to do. I kept very still because I was afraid of being assaulted. He’s easily 1.5 times my size, not to mention being taller than me. Soon enough that stopped but I didn’t dare go back to sleep.

Then I felt it. The distinct feeling of a sausage-like object rubbing against my bottom. I couldn’t take it any more and screamed and jolted up. John then pretended to be shocked and asked me if I had a nightmare. I didn’t answer him but took the blanket and went to the small table where my laptop was. I signed in on MSN and turned on my webcam and told my friend what happened. I turned on the webcam facing me throughout the night, on one hand worried that something worse might happen and on the other hand at a lost of what to do.

I think I was surprised to find myself thinking “WTF is wrong with this girl - alone on a trip and agreeing to sleep in the SAME BED with a guy?” I wondered if I was guilty of victim blaming. At the same time, I couldn’t quite shake off the nagging feeling that if the blogger were such a prude, then she would have insisted he slept on the couch on the first place. No girl is that innocent - hey, considering she’s Singaporean.

A Singaporean tabloid even picked up and ran the story. However they also did something else - they got the guy’s side of the story. It turned out to be quite a shocker. Jaywalk has reproduced the articles on his blog.

Quite the sordid account, and will please those who like scandal and sex :). On my part, I was just glad that my instincts were vindicated.

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