You might have mistaken the laws Mona were charged under, Christine.

It is completely legal to sell sex in Singapore. It is also completely legal to buy sex (pimping is another matter, however). However, what IS illegal is selling sex as an unregistered foreigner who came to Singapore with the sole purpose to study. We’re tough on our immigration and money policies like that.


I don’t know if this story is misogynistic—I certainly don’t hate women—and I certainly don’t think it is awful, in a purely technical writing sense, in any way.