When Pakistan's Defense Minister Khawaja Asif stood up in parliament last week and labelled female opposition leaders in the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) party as "trash and leftovers" of its chairman Imran Khan, he probably wasn't expecting the strength of the backlash that was to follow.
After all, Pakistani writers, cricketers, celebrities and judges have all made similarly sexist remarks. As Sharmila Faruqi, a member of the provincial assembly, told local media: "Men have a license to get away with sexism."
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