[Trigger warning: Mention of rape]
BACOLOD CITY — Bacolod City Councilor Celia Flor on Wednesday, May 20, condemned a radio anchorman for making an on-air rape remark against a female reporter while discussing a father who allegedly beat his child at the Bacolod Public Plaza.
The anchorman repeatedly used the word “rape” as a joke, which was accompanied by the sound of laughter.
Flor, chairperson of the Committee on Women, Gender, Family and Childcare of the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod, said “rape is not a joke.”
“I condemn any statement that normalizes rape, harassment of women, and other forms of gender-based sexual harassment, regardless of its context or intent,” Flor said in a statement posted on social media.
