A young lady is hauled before the courts for lifting her t-shirt and exposing her breasts during J'ouvert celebrations.Yet scores of women parade about on Carnival Monday and Tuesday with bare breasts exposed–some with body paint, and others with a pasty just covering the nipples, all in the name of culture. Rosalind Gabriel's band is disqualified from competition. One of the reasons given is that she had some under-18 masqueraders in her band.
During his Groovy Soca Monarch performance, one well-known competitor brings a five- or six-year-old boy on stage to wine in the most vulgar manner, yet he is not censured or even penalised.What a bunch of hypocrites we are! Talk about double standards.
J Thompson
Woodbrook