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(Another Update: Cowboy Celeb has highlighted in his blog that the disappearance of the link was because he was doing a server migration.

This blog entry has never asked for the blogger to take down the post or claim credit to the apparent take down of the post.

This post only highlighted the blog and the comments it received.

Although this blogger feels it is a wrong view to have on women, this blogger also respects Cowboy Celeb’s view that Yuhui has the right to describe “women who dress provocatively, prostitutes” on his blog.)

(Update: Yuhui has taken out the post “A prostitute takes the bus” from his blog.)

Sex sells, but it can also hurt your online reputation too especially if you put your name to that blog.

A Singapore blogger, Yuhui who apparently works in an advertising agency, took photos of a girl wearing a sexy back outfit and titled the post as “A prostitute takes the bus“.

The post was initially linked by Singapore’s popular Cowboy Celeb but it was subsequently taken down.

From Ping.sg,

A Singapore prostitute takes the bus

A Singapore prostitute takes the bus - I can’t believe Yuhui (who has been blogging since forevar) has started a sex blog. More power to you, mate.Copyright © 2008 Cowboy Caleb.

The “power” take down was probably due to the negative comments the post received.

To the commentators, it seems that in one stroke of the post, the blogger has stereotyped ladies in sexy clothings as prostitutes.

Wrote DK,

How did you know she is a prostitute?

You mean by wearing like that, she is a prostitute?

Wrote themusicbox blogger,

How is she a prostitute? Did she have that word written on her face? Or did she give you a name card? There are lots of people wearing lesser at the pubs. Are they all prostitutes too?

Besides highlighting the risk of defamation, one Singapore blogger also questioned if Yuhui had outraged the modesty of the lady in the photo since the bottom up photos looked as if an up-skirt shots were being attempted.

Wrote Majulah Singapura,

It is interesting to see that bloggers are now getting into the act with their camera phone.

But when I saw those photos, the first that hits me is the legality of those photos. Is it okay to shoot someone from the bottom climbing onto the bus?

Isn’t it an upskirt - a rather escalating problem in Singapore nowadays with the advent of technological devices.

I am not sure if the women friends of Yuhui will support him on this.

If I were a woman friend of Yuhui, the particular post shows Yuhui stereotyping of women in sexy dress as prostitutes.

It is almost akin to blaming a rape victim for the crime because she was dressed too sexy.

I am glad that fellow Singapore bloggers have gone up in “blog” arms to tackle such stereotyping of women.