Sex for fish

Zenduri · 17 Feb 2014 at 14:23

Sat here at work on my lunch break and nearly spat half my drink out when i saw this title.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-26186194

The shores of Lake Victoria in western Kenya bustle with business - wooden fishing boats competing for space, carrying in the morning catch of tilapia, perch or catfish.

Under the scorching sun, the fishermen bargain with those queuing up to buy: mainly women, who hope to make a small profit at the local market.

But in this deeply poor part of Kenya, the transaction between fisherman and female market seller is rarely a financial one.

The currency is sex, not money: women selling their bodies in the hope of taking back a prize catch.

The practice is known colloquially as "sex for fish" - or, in the Luo language of the area, "jaboya".

I've entered the dark place of the BEEB again and the article wasnt quite what i expected!

Sex for Pc parts anyone?

DeanT77 · 17 Feb 2014 at 14:25

I bet they all have crabs......

Hitman_Leon · 17 Feb 2014 at 14:25

Gives a whole new meaning to the term 'you got ******-over when you bought those'

TheStarkFactor · 17 Feb 2014 at 14:26

Wasn't Lake Victoria one of the locations where the BBC filmed the Top Gear Africa Special last series? :eek:

Zenduri · 17 Feb 2014 at 14:28

DeanT77 said:
I bet they all have crabs......

Genius!

Stretch · 17 Feb 2014 at 14:30

Don't think the t-shirt is necessary.

MooMoo444 · 17 Feb 2014 at 14:31

I bet their fish is not fresh...

slick rick · 17 Feb 2014 at 14:33

If its not battered and does not come with chips, I think I will pass...

Mr Jones · 17 Feb 2014 at 14:34

TheStarkFactor said:
Wasn't Lake Victoria one of the locations where the BBC filmed the Top Gear Africa Special last series?

Sex for boat crossing?

BananaDunka · 17 Feb 2014 at 14:48

On the scale of things, it could be far worse.

HEADRAT · 17 Feb 2014 at 14:49

There is two things in this world that smell like fish, one of em is fish

bitslice · 17 Feb 2014 at 14:52

Well they can't be that poor if sex is more important than money.

I want my £billions of Aid back thanks, in cash not fish.

Teach a man to fish and he gets laid more than I do :mad:

Cosimo · 17 Feb 2014 at 15:01

Bet they don't need much bait.

Evilsod · 17 Feb 2014 at 15:02

The third world, where "Hook, line and sinker" is a chat-up line.

AndyCroft1982 · 17 Feb 2014 at 15:03

give a man a fish and he can feed his family for a day, give a man the means of catching fish and he can give his family and the rest of the village aids

dacads · 17 Feb 2014 at 15:13

The smell must be awful

Cosimo · 17 Feb 2014 at 15:17

dacads said:
The smell must be awful

Depends on whether they've had a wash....

Richdog · 17 Feb 2014 at 15:18

Want fish, eat tadpoles. Seems fair.

AndyCroft1982 · 17 Feb 2014 at 15:18

£1 fish song keeps playing in my head after reading this

HAz · 17 Feb 2014 at 15:24

Would rather have sex with the fish.