Sexist male TV hosts mock professional sexologist in Lebanon
The ‘childish’ response sparked huge online outrage, forcing the men to apologise in a country where even parts of the body are not talked about
11 March 2021 - 17:31
Beirut — Sexologist Sandrine Atallah thought she had been asked on TV to debate sex education in Lebanon — instead she was ridiculed by her male hosts, unleashing a firestorm about misogyny in the Middle East.
In a country where sex education is all but absent from schooling and discussions on sex remain taboo, Atallah hoped to bring facts to the table and dispel disinformation. But even before she went on air, a panel of mostly male hosts tore into educational videos she had posted online, including one about arousal and another on masturbation...
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