The fourth paragraph of my text, about Singaporean women dressing, behaving and expecting to be treated as girls seems to have been too much even for a feminist organization - in Singapore, that is.

In a very Singaporean way the paragraph was considered 'too harsh' and hence rephrased by AWARE into a less harsh shape - even if it's going to be published as my text, with my name appearing after the text. Here the politically correct(ed) version:

After living in Singapore for a year and a half, I have to say that my impression of Singaporean women – a very superficial impression, I have to admit – is that they are very different from their international counterparts in the developed world. Singaporean women seem to accept and even embrace the traditional male head-of-household system. The way they dress and interact with Singaporean men shows this. The only local women that to my mind seem to demand respect and equality are the ones I have met through AWARE. Then again...

In Singapore gender equality seems to have progressed at least to the domain of losing face..