妻子拒绝与丈夫同房等同虐待?
A Malaysian lawmaker has come under fire for saying that women denying sex to their husbands was a form of "psychological and emotional abuse". Mohamad Jusoh from the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition was addressing a domestic violence debate during a parliamentary session. The 58-year-old politician from Terengganu state said men "suffered emotional rather than physical abuse". "Even though men are said to be physically stronger than women, there are cases where wives hurt or abuse their husbands in an extreme manner," he said. "Usually, it involves wives cursing their husbands: this is emotional abuse. They insult their husbands and refuse his sexual needs. All these are types of psychological and emotional abuse." It also remains legal in Malaysia, a Muslim-majority country, for Muslim men to have as many as four wives as long as they obtain permission from a Sharia court. Mr Jusoh touched on this in a speech to parliament, saying that denying a Muslim man the chance to marry a second wife also amounted to "abuse". The politician's stand drew widespread outrage, including condemnation from women's rights activist Marina Mahathir who is also the daughter of former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed. "This is an old notion, that when you marry a women you own her body. It does not work that way," she told the AFP news agency. "Women have a right to say no to sex. It is ridiculous to say men are abused if women say no." |