Astronaut hunt turns into sexist nightmare for female finalist
A competition on Facebook by a male grooming brand to send a Malaysian to a space camp in Florida, USA to train to be an astronaut turned ugly when the only female finalist was trolled, drawing sexist comments from netizens.
Post-graduate student Roshini Muniam, who is one of the top five finalists of Axe deodorants Apollo Space Race competition, was discriminated against online due to her gender.
A comment posted by Syed Wazien on Roshinis profile, featured in Axes Facebook page, expressed surprise over a womans desire to go to space.
What a woman?! No way, hose!!! he said.
Geeky Fredward wrote that Roshini should not compete and must make way for her male counterparts to win the competition.
Banyak lagi competition untuk female only kat luar tu lady.. (there are many other competitions for females out there, lady) dont ruin whats intended or most considered to be men only chance?
Another commentator, Dimitriy Mirovsky, was more insulting, saying that women should be prohibited from the competition as they menstruate.
pompuan REJEK...... lelaki sahaje..... kang tampon ang pecah kat langit tu abis rosak space craft tu..... kah kah kah...... (Women should be rejected
it is only for males
if your tampon burst while you are in space, the entire spacecraft will be spoilt
kah kah
kah...)
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/astronaut-hunt-turns-into-sexist-nightmare-for-female-finalist