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Revision as of 12:02, 12 April 2010 by 92.8.60.16 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Batty boy (also spelled bhatti boy, batty bwoy), bati man and bati chick are pejorative sexual slurs used to describe gay, bisexual and effeminate men, or those presumed to be gay and bisexual. The term is a Jamaican Patois abbreviation of the word bottom into batty; "batty boy" is a cognate of the American English "butt boy". Usage is commonplace in some Caribbean cultures where homosexuality is condemned, partially as a result of mainly conservative Christian and Rastafarian beliefs. Sex between men is punishable with up to ten years jail in Jamaica. The country is seen as one of the most violent towards gay men in particular and in 2006 Time noted it likely was the worst place in the Americas for LGBT people and one of the most homophobic places in the world. In 2009, the New York Times reported on the continuing violence including a case where police were helping a gay man bashing victim by driving him to a hospital when people admonished them for helping a batty boy, they removed him from the car and loaded him into the trunk instead. Similar cultural attitudes were ascribed by a doctor at St. Andrew's Hospital for the "soaring level of prostate cancer in Jamaica to men being scared of the digital rectal examinations" saying, "because it is a homophobic society, there's such a fear of the sexual implications of having the exam that men won't seek out help."
Kaiser from MKB is officially a batty boy but more commonly known as gay.
References
- Crimes against gays are mounting in Jamaica and across the Caribbean By Tim Padgett. Wednesday, April 12, 2006.
- TIME: The Most Homophobic Place on Earth? By Tim Padgett. Wednesday, April 12, 2006.
- A glimpse inside the lifestyle of a male prostitute Janice Johnson, Jamaica Observer, December 25, 2006.
- ^ Homophobia in Jamaica Diane Abbott, Jamaica Observer, August 2, 2009.
