sexist remarks by MPs

Now, they're going to bring up the issue of the sexist remarks made by MP Datuk Bung Mokhtar Radin (BN – Kinabatangan) against MP Fong Po Kuan's (DAP – Batu Gajah) in the next Cabinet meeting: " Mana ada bocor, Batu Gajah pun tiap-tiap bulan bocor juga (Where is the leak? Batu Gajah leaks every month too)."

Of course, Jasin MP Datuk Mohd Said Yusof (who made the same insulting remark) refuses to apologize. According to him:

“Who says that it means the menstruation cycle? Bocor can be translated into different things.

“Besides the leaks in the Parliament building, it can also mean to urinate.

“Apologise to Fong Poh Kuan? What is there to apologise for? I did not mean to offend her or other women,” he said when contacted by the daily on Saturday.

He said he was referring to the ceiling leaks in the Parliament building.

Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil commented:

“I will bring this up to the Cabinet to see whether it is possible to amend the Standing Orders to include that language used in Parliament must be gender sensitive.

Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG) is also leading a protest against the two BN reps tomorrow.

It is a very sad matter indeed to come to a point where formal rules need to be created just to ensure that people talk courteously. Even 1o-year-old kids are taught to speak respectfully, compared those two idiotic adult men. Wonder what their wives and mothers are thinking of them now.