男議員脫口爆性侵躲不了「就躺下好好享受」 議長一聽竟笑了...
〔即時新聞/綜合報導〕印度性侵案件頻傳,沒想到一名議員竟拿此事開玩笑,宣稱如果無法預防性侵事件發生「那就好好躺下來享受」;更令人傻眼的是,在場不少男性議員聽到這等冒犯性言論時不但不制止,反而笑成一團,引發社會輿論撻伐。
綜合《印度時報》及《NEWS18》報導,印度南部卡納塔卡邦(Karnataka)議會前議長、現任該邦首府邦加羅爾(Bangalore)議員的庫馬爾(K. R. Ramesh Kumar),16日在議場上討論農民權利時,他竟拿性侵案來做比喻,稱「當性侵不可避免時,那就躺下來享受它。(When rape is inevitable, lie down and enjoy it.)」
庫馬爾的發言一出,現任議長凱格里(Vishweshwar Kageri)和其他男議員笑成一團,反觀在場的女議員臉色難看,事後更於社群平台譴責,要求庫馬爾和凱格里道歉。凱格里17日受訪時拒絕回應此事,宣稱自己尊重女性,因此他認為沒有必要再談論這些繼續引發爭議。
目前庫馬爾僅在推特表示自己的言論冒犯到某些族群,他感到抱歉,強調自已無意貶低或輕視女性,日後他會斟酌自己的言詞。不過他17日被當地記者堵訪時,不願回應相關爭議,也拒絕在媒體鏡頭前道歉,還當面向媒體表示「我沒有做錯什麼(I have said nothing wrong)」,再於該國社會引起撻伐聲浪。
《印度時報》表示,這不是庫馬爾第一次把性侵當玩笑。2019年時遭控貪汙時,庫馬爾便稱自己就像「被強暴」,還說自己被強暴很多次,一度引發爭議。
"If rape is inevitable, lie down and enjoy it." #CongressMLA K.R. Ramesh Kumar said in the legislative assembly. An elected representative passes such an obnoxious statement & our elected representatives who are supposed to talk of #womenempowerment laugh at this statement. pic.twitter.com/YEKUBqzbhT
— Shekhar Pandey (@DigitalShekharP) December 17, 2021
"I have said nothing wrong", "it's just a saying", "You can derive any inference you want" : MLA Ramesh Kumar says as he refuses to apologise to the crass comment on Rape he made in the Karnataka assembly
— Deepak Bopanna (@dpkBopanna) December 17, 2021
He had earlier said"When rape is inevitable, just lie down and enjoy it". pic.twitter.com/s9uPKTc0BR