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Saturday, 23 August 2014

Gender discrimination in sports heats up

MCA says Kelantan PAS thinks all males are immature and just want to ogle.

PETALING JAYA: The gender discrimination debate in Kelantan heated up with Kelantan State Youth and Sports Secretariat director Ahmad Fadhli Shaari saying the organiser’s have the right to ban males from women’s netball competitions.

MCA Religious Harmony Board Chairman Ti Lian Ker took it one step further by saying that if that was the case, Kelantan should also ban mixed doubles badminton and tennis matches.

Ti said Ahmad Fadhli knew nothing about long term sports development, in particular, the participation of women in sports.

“They should remove themselves from consideration to host regional and international competitions like Sukma, SEA Games, Asian Games or Commonwealth Games as it would be impossible to prevent the opposite sexes from seeing each other,” he said in a statement.

Questioning where the line would be drawn, Ti painted a grim picture where fathers and brothers would be prevented from cheering family members in sports, male doctors prevented from treating female patients, female teachers banned from teaching male students, and more.

“The PAS-led state government underestimates all males as immature, like as if they will ogle at the female anatomy when sportswomen are competing,” he said.

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