Will women vote for sexist MPs?

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JAG or Joint Action Group for Gender Equality is usging the public not to vote for sexist MPs and asked political parties not to field them as candidate.

JAG's urges was published in the NST dated 9th December 2007.

What I wonder is if these sexist candidates manage to make their way up to represent their parties for the coming general election, what will other do, especially those who support the parties of these sexist candidates or are working with them?

Shall you vote for them too?

A vote for BN is certainly a vote for yes to sexist MPs, if they are the candidates for BN.

A stand is a stand. No to sexist MPs means "

It is as simple as that.

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Don’t vote for sexist reps, says group

PETALING JAYA: The Joint Action Group for Gender Equality is urging the public not to vote for members of parliament who make sexist remarks and asked political parties not to field them as candidates.

The umbrella coalition of several women organisations — All Women’s Action Society (Awam), Sisters In Islam, Women’s Aid Organisation, Pusat Janadaya, Women’s Development Collective and Women’s Centre for Change — has been monitoring sexist comments made by MPs.

Awam executive director Honey Tan said: “Sexist remarks are not jokes. They are offensive and distasteful. They demean and devalue women.”

She said that the group had met Minister in Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz and Parliament Speaker Tan Sri Ramli Ngah Talib in July to express its disapproval about derogatory comments made by MPs.

“We have no confidence in MPs who do not respect women, and we will urge voters not to vote for them,” said Tan.

The group will send a list of MPs who had made sexist remarks to political parties soon.