Women’s right activists who were at Parliament House to campaign for a clean government today were shocked when Defence Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi made a 'sexist joke'.
"Can't feel the wife if (I) touch her with gloves (pakai sarung tangan pegang isteri nanti tak terasa)," was the remark Zahidi (left)allegedly made, when the activists gave him a pair of white gloves to symbolise their demand for a corruption-free government.An activist who overheard Zahid posted the remark immediately on the official Twitter webpage ofWanita Suara Perubahan (Wanita Super MY), the coalition which is organising the campaign.
"Sexist!" commented Women's Aid Organisation executive director Ivy Josiah through her Twitter account.
She had been in the delegation to Parliament House.
Contacted later, Ivy told Malaysiakini that her colleague had heard and jotted down Zahid’s remark, and then reported it on the Twitter page.
"Although he was joking, this kind of sexual innuendo is unacceptable... this is downright rude. We were pretty shocked," she said.
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