"Every Woman Need Men" - IMU Medical Student Gets Called Out For His Sexist FB Comment

A medical student at the International Medical University of Malaysia (IMU) is being called out by outraged netizens for his sexist and insensitive comment on a news report about artist Emily Kong, who was killed in an accident on Saturday, 9 March

29-year-old Emily Kong, a singer and actress, was killed after her car crashed into a tree in front of the NSK Trade City Kuchai Lama at 3.20am, 9 March.

After the news about her fatal accident was posted online by The Star on its Facebook page, the IMU medical student joined others in offering his condolences.

He posted that Emily could have avoided the accident had she not left the pub alone. The Star's report has no mention of Emily being in a pub prior to the accident.

In his comment, the IMU medical student suggested that the Malaysian artist died because she thought she could do everything on her own and be independent.

"Condolences.. I hope all the girls learn a good lesson now.. Never leave the pub without a guy.. Man and woman work together.. We offer you a safe drive home and you give us makeout or sex.. I mean girls like sex too right.. This is what happens when women think they can do everything on their own and be independent.. Every woman need men," read the IMU medical student's comment, which he has now deleted.

A screenshot of his since-deleted comment has gone viral:
However, prior to deleting his comment, the man who is studying to become a doctor, stood his grounds, saying women are bad drivers
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I stand by my comment.. It is a solution to prevent further accidents like this.. I offered my condolences and a solution to prevent accidents like this from happening to others.. i did not speculate on the character of the person or whether the person was drunk/high unlike others who commented.. Women are bad drivers fullstop.. They need men to drive them or accompany them when they drive.. I stand by comment 100%..)

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The man has since said that he is formally retracting his comment in the post and that he has already removed it. "I apologise to women in general and whomever else who feels offended for whatever reason," the IMU student posted in his apology late last night.

However, he went on to add that his comment was about people being in an open relationship and how partners going with others is normal.

"To clarify, anybody who has or is in an open relationship would understand that this is a normal happening. We go out at night with a special person for drinking and we drop them home safely. We send them home. We protect them.

"And if they invite us to their place we go and be with them. We kiss, we bond and we have sex. Our role is to protect them. In return, they give us a good surprise.

"I forgive those who made this viral despite me removing the comments. I forgive all the hate shown towards me or my acquaintance. I forgive all the vulgar messages I received. And because I forgive, I have not been affected by this at all.

"Your hatred has not got to me. I also forgive those instigating by misrepresenting the comments to get more likes. This is a social media disease.

"Let me be the bigger man here and not stoop to profanity or low level of language."