Malaysian Female Minister Tells Husbands To Beat Their "Stubborn" Wives to Discipline Them: A female Malaysian minister sparked outrage after advising husbands to "gently beat their stubborn wives to discipline them for unruly behavior." A coalition of women's rights groups, the "Joint Action Group for Gender Equality," accused Siti Zailah of normalizing domestic violence and demanded that she resign as deputy women's minister. Source: Daily Mail