Friday, March 09, 2007
Subtlety is not a key characteristic of the genetic makeup of Dominican men. If you have approximately enough chromosomes to be female, you will be whistled at, hissed at and called after. One of the popular catcalls translates as “girl, if you cook as good as you look, come into my kitchen!”. Dominican women though, consider this flattering and are, frankly, offended if they’re not harangued in the street.
And it seems many foreign female tourists now feel the same. On the plane journey out to Puerto Plata, I sat open-mouthed behind 3 women who talked graphically and at length about their various conquests on their last visit (which was a couple of months previously) and what they intended to do on this one – it was better entertainment than the film!