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Tackle misogyny through education, cultural reform, say activists

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Schools need to introduce gender mutual respect syllabus to educate students to counter a culture that allows rape jokes, activists say. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Seth Akmal, May 7, 2021.

MISOGYNY can only be tackled through education and culture reform, said activists following uproar over news of a male teacher who made rape jokes in class and female students’ testimonies of forced period spot checks in schools. “Schools need to introduce gender mutual respect syllabus to educate students to counter a culture that allows rape jokes,” said former Women’s Aid Organisation executive director Ivy Josiah.

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