Shocking coronavirus advice issued during the lockdown has urged women to dress up at home and avoid nagging their husbands.
Malaysia’s women’s affairs ministry issued online posters on how to avoid domestic conflict with the hashtag #WomenPreventCOVID19.
One of them showed a man sitting on a sofa and asking a woman to refrain from being “sarcastic” if they needed help with household chores.
Another told women to stop nagging their husbands, and to wear make-up while working from home. "(It) is extremely condescending both to women and men," said Nisha Sabanayagam, a manager at All Women's Action Society, a Malaysian advocacy group. "These posters promote the concept of gender inequality and perpetuate the concept of patriarchy”, she told