Malaysian teen slams rape joke, video goes viral
Reuters, KUALA LUMPUR
Malaysian teenager Ain Husniza Saiful Nizam came home from school last week and posted a video on TikTok, taking a male teacher to task over an alleged joke about rape during class.
The video went viral overnight, sparking a nationwide debate on sex education, misogyny and sexual violence in the Southeast Asian nation, where such subjects are often considered taboo.
“There’s been numerous students who have been coming forward with their own stories to me . but people didn’t take any action on what the students had to say, and for me, that is very, very sad,” Ain said.