"Sawadee Kap, Cup Size?" – M'sian Influencers Slammed For Sexualising Woman On TikTok
A netizen said it was inappropriate as the majority of Babah's followers are minors who are still in school.
By Aqasha Nalani — 02 Feb 2023, 03:39 PM — Updated almost 2 years ago
A video of a group of influencers making sexual jokes bout a woman in front of her recently went viral on social media
One of the influencers, Babah Nadeen, uploaded the video to his TikTok account, in which he can be seen interacting with his male friends, and a woman who is roleplaying as a Thai language teacher.
In the one-minute clip, Babah asks the woman to teach them how to greet a teacher in Thai.
"So she enters, and I will say, 'Stand up class'. Greet her first and then you say sawadee kap (hello), or whatever 'cup', A cup, B cup, or C cup," he jokes.
The woman then introduces herself as the new teacher of the class in a Thai accent, to which Babah replies, "Kap khrun kap (thank you), how much? how much?"
The jokes did not stop there, as the group continued to make sexual remarks about the woman one after another
Another man stops Babah and says, "Please respect the teacher, she wants to teach. Teacher, how much?" while the group laughs.
As the woman continues to act like a Thai teacher, one of the men interrupts her and asks her to check on Babah because he dropped his pen.
The woman then pretends to assist in picking up the pen, and the other men all start dropping their pens while making perverted faces, implying that she is performing a sexual act.
Babah then says that it is now time for their lunch break and that he is leaving the class.
"I'm going, teacher. But," Babah says as he drops his pen once more while the group laughs.
Malaysians were not amused by the jokes and slammed the influencers on Twitter
The TikTok video was shared on Twitter by user @Anepppppppppp, who criticised the men for making such disrespectful and sexual jokes publicly.
"If I chastise them, I will surely be bashed by their fans. But I don't know what to say, this kind of video is actually not funny," he wrote.
He also pointed out that the majority of Babah's followers are minors who are still in school, and that the influencer has a significant impact on their developing minds.
"They think this is funny because the woman is not related to them. If she was your family member, you wouldn't be happy to see people laughing at her in the comment after being hit by those jokes with double meanings," he added.
Netizens agreed with the man and questioned the influencer's content
One user commented that they felt embarrassed watching the video.
"No courtesy. Such content should not exist because it only worsens the young generation's minds," they wrote.
Social media influencer @CeddyOrNot also jumped in on the conversation and said that these jokes are the reason that their followers continue to rise.
"It's because many enjoy such jokes," he wrote, sadly.
"What's sad is that these men all have the face of people's fathers. Stop making ridiculous content. You're all old and it's not cool. Go take care of your wives," another user wrote.
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1. WOMEN'S AID ORGANISATION (WAO)
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