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曾因“做爱只需小空间”论遭挞伐 杨莉明如今认为“不该那么说”

by Yee Loon
12/09/2019
in 健康, 时事, 舆论
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2013年,政府推出“育儿优先配屋计划”,要求首次申请购屋者,必须已怀孕,或至少有一名16岁以下的新加坡籍孩子。

回溯2016年10月,时任总理公署高级政务部长杨莉明,接受《海峡时报》采访,针对有国人认为,必须先有房子才能生孩子,杨莉明一语惊人,作出奇葩回应:“做爱只需要很小的空间”(You need a very small space to have sex)。

当时,她指出,新加坡人的感情观与西方有别,在这里是男女相恋、男的求婚后,双方就计划结婚和准备买房子;但欧美国家可能是相恋后当晚“就造人”。

倘若一对夫妇表明计划两年内生育,但他们希望先拿到房子?

对此杨莉明这么说:“如果他们无法生育,是不是要拿回房子?我们又如何确保他们尝试生育,也不能检查他们是否有用避孕措施,对吧?”

与其需要政府“干预房事”,杨莉明选择以劝说方式,催促女性及早生育,“毕竟没试过,也不知道你能否生育”。

杨莉明也认为,寻找爱情不应“随缘”,但在婚姻及育儿方面,她也尊重个人决定。

报导出街后,随即引来网民挞伐,有者认为她的言论与社会现况脱节,群众关注的是生活成本和居住正义,但似乎部长没有考量到父母需要稳定和舒适的空间抚养子女。

当时,杨莉明曾在个人脸书留言,《海时》并未完全呈现他想表达的事,“我们需要坦诚对话,讨论社会应如何为千禧世代家庭做好准备。”

时至今日,杨莉明在上周末接受《海峡时报星期刊》专访,坦言自己当时“不该那么说”。

他解释,原本那是私下笑话,但既然成为一名公众人物,就意味着没有什么私隐,这让他上了“宝贵一课”。

杨莉明认为,自己说话都过于直接,“丈夫、朋友和同事都很习惯,但对于他人来说可能不是很舒服”。

若根据三年前的《海时》报导,内容指那是一次针对婚姻和亲子课题的采访,且不论《海时》是如何取得报导,或在沟通上与杨莉明出现什么问题,以致后者会认为那是适合说“私人笑话”的场合,然而诚如杨莉明所言,作为公众人物几乎没什么私隐,在公共场合,特别是面对媒体,难道不该更为谨言慎行?

若她真是有话直说,也只能显示他在有关课题上的主观意见和立场,并没有直面新生家庭的需求。而三年后的今天,新生家庭仍要面对高昂生活成本、望楼兴叹的遗憾和沉重的育儿负担。

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