That’s why we go home early
She loves SAW for a good cozy time. If it wasn’t for myself loving horror, I might be surprised that this tiny girl of a cutesy woman loves gore.
I tell her I don’t like to watch them alone. Especially those with ghosts in them. She says she’s not scared of ghosts; you can see the make-up, so it’s not real. But humans? Those are scary. I looked surprised, so she pressed on.
“Ghost aren’t real, she says with great conviction. But men are, even if they don’t wear make-up, you don’t know the inside. Inside they can be….” she trails of, concentrated on her task.
“Evil?”
I ask.
“Yeah, evil….Out there” she gestures to the street. “It’s not save.”
“From men?”
“Yeah. Many girls…friends I know are, uhm hmm, can’t say the word.”
“Raped?”
She nods, turning her eyes to her work. “Yeah many girls are raped. My neighborhood; not safe. Busses; not safe. That’s why we have to go home early and quick.”
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This is a conversation with my nail technician in Sanchuang, Yangon, Myanmar.