No joke, it’s tough to be a woman these days

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It is hard to be a woman in modern day Malaysia. When women try to report allegations of sexual harassment or rape, they are belittled, their allegations are not taken seriously, few believe them and, in some cases, they are blamed (victim blaming) for the incidents.Three weeks ago, 17-year-old Ain Husniza Saiful Nizam alleged that her teacher had made a joke about rape, during class. Within a few days, a schoolmate threatened to rape her for sullying the reputation of the school, and as we have recently heard, she was threatened with expulsion for not attending school.Women, family and community development minister Rina Harun reacted a few days later, but only after she was vilified on social media for not coming to Ain’s defence. She said that rape should not be trivialised and was no joking matter, and promised that stern action would be taken against the teacher, if the a…