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WE SERVICE WHAT WE SELL vwuyliuo; These are some of the hosts at Bangkok's sage parlors and sex shows, Bangkok finally Chippendales, the first private dub catering has introduced live entertainment for women exctusively to women. Long known as a only at the new dub. "man's town" with its raunchy bars, mas- iows for women come to 'man's town9 Sho By Faith! United Prm International BANGKOK -- Long known as a "man's town" witt its raunchy bars, massage parlors and sex shows, Bangkok finally has introduced live enter­ tainment for women only. "Chippendales" has invaded the male-only atmo­ sphere of Thailand with the first private club catering exclusively to women. Although it shares the same name as the South­ ern California club that features stripping males and leering females, there is no nude or semi-nude dancing at Bangkok's Chippendales. "We make it very polite here," said one employ­ ee. Club members converse, dance and generally relax as attentive "hosts" wait on them hand and foot. "Our work is to make the best for the guest," said one host, as the club's attendants are called. "We please them in a polite way." In a typical nightclub atmosphere, featuring low lighting and even lower sofas, dashing hosts in black tuxedoes are at the beck and call of the customer. Squatting alongside a member's chair, we "pour drinks, light cigarettes, take care of them," said one host, who asked not to be identified because he holds a daytime government Job. Women select their host from a staff of 30 -- enough to provide individual attention to each patron on a normal night. Customers said they were happy to have a night spot where they can talk to their female friends. "If men can go to nightclubs for discussions, dancing and relaxing, why can't women?" asked one customer. "Mai don't bother them here," said one employ­ ee. "It's a private place for the women where they don't feel uncomfortable." In a nation where a woman's place is usually at home, Vitit Tansacha's bold business venture is a head-on confrontation with Thai tradition. "At first I was worried about opening this place because of the cultural factor," he said. "But I did some surveys and called working women to get their opinions. The response was 90 percent for opening." Most of the club's male employees said they did not use their real names because of the social stigma attached to their jobs. All "hosts," as they are known at the club, hold daytime Jobs and fear repercussions if their moonlighting becomes known. Nearly all of the club's members are profession­ als. Club dues are $185 a year and beverage prices start at $3 for a glass of Juice. "Hosts must have a college degree and they must have another Job," said Vitit. "They must be over 21 and polite. They can't smoke, can't drink and must be gentlemen at all times." f Sex education Continued from Page 2B [uwrcn, \i Alexandria some of t! frcst in the from very many Catholics to . ^aet rid of all sex education. IMjftr :*re often frightened ny their own sexuality and seek to protect the Sexuality of their children and of ' Jhoae in the community as well by ^tapping them in a protective co- Ntoon, heedless of the fact that it Miannot be done." y Conservative religious groups and parents worried their children may te taught too much too soon have Jbtn successful in persuading School boards and local school offl- sdals to change or remove sex edu- Ration or family life programs. > In New York City, school authori­ ses worked for five years with reli- ' pom and civic groups to develop a -few curriculum. In the school year that ended in 11 of the city's 32 school dis- tried it out. Two of them f dropped it because of oppo- which included the Roman lc archdiocese of New York, its said the program taught Jnechanistic sex and failed to pro- jnote chastity. 8ex educators point to an estab­ lished family life course in Falls Church, Va., and a new program in ia, Va., as examples of the most innovative and ; in the country. > But even before the Alexandria Program gets underway this Sep­ tember, some parents are com- frlslnlng about parts of it. J Klndergartners will have a total " "iree hours of family life educa- durlng the year, including a the boys' and girls' $ "One of the biggest mysteries in elementary school is what does the bathroom look like," said i Hunter, director of the Alexan- curriculum. Noting that chil- push each other through the to get a peek, she said the idea id the bathroom tour is to "deal frith It, demystify it and leave it." But Mary Comstock, a mother elped a group called Citizens Alexandria Seeking Responsible said her daughter, who ited in a pilot program, not ready for that -- all she |ras Interested in was that the boys' tyathroom was smelly." > First graders will be taught the Ibmes of genital parts. '* Said Ms. Hunter on a televised iebate, "We think they need to Know these parts of their bodies are illl right, even though they don't fiacuss them at the dinner table." t Fourth graders will be taught the pkriogical facts of intercourse and jjirhat masturbation is. One home- Work assignment will be to ask par- jnts about their own puberty and Sow they felt about it. ; Parents are able to remove their thUdren from family life classes if d*y wish. Only a few parents took that option in last year's pilot Ingram. < Even when taught, the quality of The Dis- iple, re­ quires sex education but critics say it is often considered a boring "mickey mouse" class taught by art or gym teachers who'd rather be someplace else. Joan Benesch, director of the Sex Education Coalition here, a trainer of sex education teachers for Planned Parenthood in Baltimore, Md., thinks the current opposition is "noisy" but "spotty." "People wring their hands and say this (Reagan) administration has dried up all the money for fam­ ily planning programs and every­ thing has stopped but it isn't true." Benesch says. "A lot of things are going on." She says people have to realize "we are not going to make kids stop having sex. We have a lot of sex all around us on a lot of different lev­ els. I am not one on stopping all rock stars but I am not happy with those songs. And TV shows sex without any kind of responsibility. Sex is still a topic parents have trouble talking about. They can tell their kids not to drink or take drugs but they can't talk freely about sex. It is the hardest thing to talk about. And kids have a lot more freedom than they ever had before. "My kids behave a lot differently than I did. But there is one differ­ ence. The bottom line was that they knew they could not bring home a baby. I think many of our programs that provide postnatal care and milk and food and housing for teen­ agers with babies are humanitarian but counterprodutive. We are say­ ing, 'It's all right (if you get preg­ nant). We'll take care of you." That kind of talk outrages right- to-life groups who claim it is an endorsement of abortion. Religious groups also are ap­ palled that some sex education pro­ grams go into detail about how con­ traceptives work. "Teaching children about contra­ ceptives is not the answer to pro­ miscuity," said a Catholic priest in New York in criticizing the school system's new sex education program. Planned Parenthood and other groups for some time have been promoting the message to teens that "it's all right to say no." Ms. Benesch says this is surpris­ ingly effective. "Most young teen­ age girls don't really enjoy sex," she said. "A lot of it is pressure, the feeling everybody else is doing it." "But we are making progress," said Ms. Moglia. "Twenty years ago very few sex educators were profes­ sionally trained. And we have more information about sexuality and what young people what to know. "In working with adolescents, we have found their main frustration is that adults have difficulty in letting them grow up. You have to let them have information in a responsible way to teach them to be responsi­ ble, add how tea E e teach our children how to id subtract. We-teach them to drive cars. But we don't them who they are." McFeatters is a reporter with Scripps Service.) Howard News By Brad Smith United Press International DENVER -- During peak sum­ mer and holiday times, thousands of young children fly on airlines every day without their parents or anyone else to help them. Some are almost literally scared to death, while oth­ ers are happily excited. . "I remember one little boy who grabbed the armrest as we were taking off and he started yelling at the top of his lungs: 'We're falling! We're falling!' He wouldn't let go and he wouldn't stop crying," says Cheryl Scott Grindeland, a flight attendant for Frontier Airlines. Grindeland, who calmed the child by making a toy out of a coffee, cup and spoon, heads a program at the airline to make its employees more aware of how to take care of young children who are alone. Most airlines designate children between 5 and 11 flying alone as "unaccompanied minors," and pro­ vide special services if asked. There frequently is an additional fee for the service. Children under the age of 5 are not allowed to fly alone, while older children are considered mature enough not to need extraor­ dinary service. Bob Schulman, the public rela­ tions director for Frontier, esti­ mates up to 10,000 "unaccompanied minors" fly the nation's airlines ev­ ery day of the summer. Most are flying to visit relatives or close fam­ ily friends, although a few fly to summer camps or for other reasons. Grindeland thinks the young boy who was worried the plane was fall­ ing might have been prevented the fear if he had been better prepared by his parents. "We were taking off and going through turbulence and he just thought we were falling," she said. "He was terrified." "It is up to the parents to let their kids know what to expect, maybe even take them to the airport and watch the planes take off and land. It certainly shouldn't be a fearful experience." Some children are stressful be­ fore they make the flight, which compounds any fears. "When we have kids crying, it often is because they're from di­ vorced parents and they're leaving mom to visit dad, or the other way around," Grindeland said. "They're the ones who are the most upset. They're crying when they leave their paftft? and they $ry ttte wt w*y there. When they get to other end they're calmed down be­ cause they get to see the other par­ ent, but on the return flight the same thing happens." sSSSc. 2& 6.2MILE HALLENGE _ RUN TAC Certified Course ivl MEMORIAL HOSPITAL T f I KWMCHINST COUNTY Sponsored by Memorial Hospital for McHenry County, Woodstock Daily Sentinel and City of Woodstock. SUNDAY SEPTEMBER IS, 1985 WOODSTOCK CITY PARK Woodstock, Illinois 2 MILE FUN RUN 8AM START Ideal for family groups or fhe less experienced run­ ner. Paved city streets, one hill. 6.2 MILE (10K) ROAD RACE 8:30 AM START TAC Certified. 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