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Sexism rears its ugly head again in Taiwan presidential election
There is no lack of misogynist comments from male candidates on campaign trail
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President Tsai Ing-wen at an election campaign event in Taipei last week. Following her win in the presidential polls in 2016, the BBC called Taiwan "the place to be a woman in politics". But the current election campaign has shown that sexism and misogyny remain very much alive in the island's politics.
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Katherine Wei, Katherine Wei Taiwan Correspondent In Taipei
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Following Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen's election in 2016, the BBC called the island "the place to be a woman in politics".
But judging by the current election campaign, equal opportunity in politics is possibly just a veneer in Taiwan, with misogynist comments and sexist slurs being thrown about almost at will.
