Nisa Laburisti urges women’s groups to fight degrading sexist language

Nisa Laburisti has urged national women’s groups to raise awareness about disrespectful and degrading sexist language in the wake of a comment tweetd by the Times of Malta blogger Andrew Borg Cardona, during which he referred to Malta’s Eurovision contestant Ira Losco as a “bitch”.

The lawyer said he had mistakenly sent out a tweet to Nationalist party radio host David Thake: “Can you imagine the feel good factor if the bitch wins?” before calling referring to prime minister Joseph Muscat as a “motherf****”.

“Influential people who have a role in the public eye need to learn that sexist language doesn’t make anyone look good, neither in a public nor in a private setting,” NL president Claudette Abela Baldacchino said.

NL said all women’s groups should come together to spread the message around the country on the effects of sexist language.