I found an incident of sexist remarks made by Welfare Minister Hakuo Yanagisawa. According to the report, the remark made was equating women to “child-bearing machines.”
Both Abe and Yanagisawa apologised.
For comparison - apology of YB Jasin and Kinabatangan.
Pressure on ’sexist’ Australian MP to resign - Last Updated 03/05/2007, 12:08:21
I came across this report while surfing online to find out if sexist remarks are often made by politicians. It happened in Australia recently. An apology was tendered by the said MP.
Of course, the facts were different, comparing to the remarks and location it was made by the two Malaysian MPs recently.
I am writing this piece not because I want to lobby for support that the said Australian MP to resign. It is up to the voters in Australia to decide.
I have been receiving mixed respond from the public. Some said, I should pursue for an apology for myself and call for both be suspended because the manner the issue was handled would leave a negative impact to the society. While others think that I should focus on other national issues and not “waste time” to pursue further on the sexist remarks.
What say you? (more…)
Howard forces Senator’s apology
What have Pak Lah said about the sexist remarks made by the two BN MPs? Of course, Najib, DPM said, treat it with a sense of humour and some parties are trying to make a big meal out of it.
While I was driving to Kuala Kangsar, a call came in. I had to switch on the speaker of my phone. The first thing the caller said was, ” Is it MP Fong? I do not know how I should call you.” I said, ” Just call me Fong.” The caller then said, ” I am sorry …” (more…)
This afternoon my phone was flooded with calls and sms. The media wanted to confirm with me if the two sexist BN MPs did apologise to me. Of course, the next question was if they did, would I accept the apology.
I told the callers that I did not get any calls from the two. Secondly, if they did apologise, I need to find out what exactly they said before I could further comment.
In fact, I was more concern with the decision of the Cabinet.
Later I was informed of many “conflicting versions” . Why so? (more…)
