COMMENT The politics of seduction, strong men and perhaps excess testosterone in the DAP are redefining the feminisation of politics in Malaysia to the detriment of the many achievements the country has made in eliminating gender discrimination.

The article in its latest Bahasa Malaysia version of its newsletter Roketkini  mirrors DAP’s policy and its strategy for increasing only one type of female membership - the ‘awek cun’ or ‘hot chicks’.

‘Awek cun’ is a colloquial Malay term, referring to a pretty young woman, equivalent to the slang term ‘hot chick’...