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Daily Stormer
April 3, 2020
Pictured: anti-nagging device in action.
“Do not nag your husband” is timely advice for the coronavirus lockdown.
It’s actually pretty good advice in general, but these days people tend to be more stressed than usual due to the virus hysteria and social isolation, and nagging stressed people can be a formula for disaster.
NPR:
Malaysia has the largest number of COVID-19 cases in Southeast Asia with more than 2,900 and counting. This week, Malaysia’s government also had a serious public relations issue after an ill-conceived plan went online.
Malaysia’s Ministry for Women, Family and Community Development issued a series of online posters on Facebook and Instagram with the hashtag #WomenPreventCOVID19. It advised the nation’s women to help with the country’s partial lockdown by not nagging their husbands.
The ministry also advised women to refrain from being “sarcastic” if they asked for help with household chores. And it urged women working from home to dress up and wear makeup.
Avoid wearing home clothes. Dress up as usual, put on make-up and dress neatly. OMG! This is what Rina, our Minister of Women, Family & Community Development thinks is important during the #COVID19 lockdown? No tips on how to deal with #DomesticViolence? Just state DV is a crime. pic.twitter.com/FfswtPBIPH
— Honey Tan (@honeyean) March 31, 2020
“(It) is extremely condescending both to women and men,” Nisha Sabanayagam, a manager at the advocacy group All Women’s Action Society, told Reuters. “These posters promote the concept of gender inequality and perpetuate the concept of patriarchy.”
The posters drew swift ridicule online.
“How did we go from preventing baby dumping, fighting domestic violence to some variant of the Obedient Wives Club?” wrote @yinshaoloong.
“Avoid wearing home clothes. Dress up as usual, put on make-up and dress neatly. OMG! This is what Rina, our Minister of Women, Family & Community Development thinks is important during the #COVID19 lockdown?” tweeted @honeyean.
After this torrent of abuse, the ministry abruptly relented late Tuesday and abandoned its campaign. It said its suggestions were simply aimed at “maintaining positive relationships among family members during the period they are working from home.”
The ministry acknowledged that the advice could have offended some people and promised to “remain cautious in the future.”
Women’s groups around the world have warned that the lockdowns could result in a rise in domestic violence, and some governments are reaching out to women in need. The latest World Economic Forum Global Gender Gap index puts Malaysia at 104 out of 153 countries when it comes to women’s political empowerment and economic participation.
Too bad that the ministry abandoned the campaign, because the advice was sound: don’t nag your husband, don’t be sarcastic, and dress nicely.
It’s just common sense stuff and basic cohabitation etiquette.
Husbands suffering from nagging wives should also be considered victims of domestic violence and abuse, especially now that due to the lockdown, there’s nowhere for them to run.
