She came from the Bottom of the Barrel

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Women’s Development Dept says sorry after tips for women amid MCO slammed for sexism

On the subject of educating one’s spouse on doing household chores, the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry advised wives to adopt a 'Doraemon-like' tone and giggle coyly as opposed to 'nagging'

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KUALA LUMPUR, March 31 — The Women’s Development Department has apologised today for a series of posters advising women on how to behave amid the movement control order (MCO) over the Covid-19 outbreak.

The department under the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry said it has spread positive daily tips and messages on social media with the theme #WanitaCegahCovid19 (women curbing Covid-19) to share information with the public.

“We are sorry if some of tips shared were inappropriate and touched on the sensitivities of some parties, and we will be more careful in the future,” its director-general Datuk Saidatu Akhma Hassan said in a statement.

The department also said that it is taking the approach to share methods and practices to sustain positive relationship within a family while women are working from home.

Women’s rights groups and members of the public have condemned the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development and its minister Rina Mohd Harun over the awareness posters seen as politically incorrect.

The groups warned that the message conveyed through the posters titled “Kebahagiaan Rumahtangga” or “Household Happiness” could worsen gender stereotypes and to a certain extent encourage domestic violence.

As to be expected, the Minister herself buat diam diam and lets her ministry DG takes the heat.

Right from the very beginning in Pakatan Harapan days, I have not been impressed by this minister. T'was only Mahathir's greed and his unfortunate party paucity of having only 13 MPs that had allowed Rina Harun to be scrapped from the bottom of the PPBM barrel to become a minister - as they say, in the Kingdom of the Blind, the One-Eyed Woman becomes Queen, wakakaka.

But at least she flew only low-level in Pakatan, thus minimising any adverse image. Her current eff-up is MOST embarrassing. Really Moo-Moo, heads must roll for this grossly idiotic performance. 

But Muhyiddin has just perpetuated Mahathir's party greed for ministerial positions. If Moo-Moo doesn't want to have more trouble with the unimportant but rather sensitive Women Ministry, he should replace Rina Harun with someone more capable, perhaps UMNO's Azalina - can you think of anyone else? Maybe Moo-Moo can make Ms Sembooreet the new Minister of Women & Family? Wakakaka, then he/she can make all the Doraemon sounds. Gives me the creeps, mate.