马来西亚一名议员发表言论称，女性拒绝与丈夫同房的行为是一种“心理和感情上的虐待”，从而引发了热议。
A Malaysian lawmaker has come under fire for saying that women denying sex to their husbands was a form of "psychological and emotional abuse".
来自执政联盟国民阵线的议员默罕默德·贾苏在议会上就家庭暴力法进行了辩论。
Mohamad Jusoh from the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition was addressing a domestic violence debate during a parliamentary session.
这位来自登嘉楼州的58岁的政治家称，男人“受到情感的伤害，而非身体上的虐待”。
The 58-year-old politician from Terengganu state said men "suffered emotional rather than physical abuse".
他说道：“尽管男性身体比女性强壮，但仍有妻子以极端方式伤害或虐待另一半的例子。”
"Even though men are said to be physically stronger than women, there are cases where wives hurt or abuse their husbands in an extreme manner," he said.
“这通常包括妻子诅咒丈夫，这属于情感上的虐待。她们侮辱自己的丈夫，并拒绝满足他们的性需求。这些都属于心理和情感上的虐待。”
"Usually, it involves wives cursing their husbands: this is emotional abuse. They insult their husbands and refuse his sexual needs. All these are types of psychological and emotional abuse."
在穆斯林人口占多数的马来西亚，只要得到伊斯兰教法法庭的许可，穆斯林男子可以娶多至四位妻子，这在马亚西亚是合法的。
It also remains legal in Malaysia, a Muslim-majority country, for Muslim men to have as many as four wives as long as they obtain permission from a Sharia court.
贾苏在议会的一次演讲中谈到了这一点，他表示，拒绝一个穆斯林男子和第二个妻子结婚，也等同于“虐待”。
Mr Jusoh touched on this in a speech to parliament, saying that denying a Muslim man the chance to marry a second wife also amounted to "abuse".
贾苏的这番表态立刻引发了人们的围攻，包括女权人士玛丽娜·马哈蒂尔，她也是马来西亚前总理马哈蒂尔·穆罕默德的女儿。
The politician's stand drew widespread outrage, including condemnation from women's rights activist Marina Mahathir who is also the daughter of former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed.
她在接受法新社采访时表示：“结婚后就拥有妻子身体所有权的想法是一种腐朽观念，现在已经行不通了。女性有权拒绝性行为，而认为女性拒绝男性求欢就是虐待他，这种说法很荒谬。”
"This is an old notion, that when you marry a women you own her body. It does not work that way," she told the AFP news agency. "Women have a right to say no to sex. It is ridiculous to say men are abused if women say no."