Local politician and member of the Italian Radicals, Silvio Viale, reportedly said, “If the aspect of personal antipathy prevails over the political one you have chosen the wrong job, go back to your neighbourhoods to be housewives”.
Asked to apologise by the council chair, Viale reportedly answered, “My wife is proudly a housewife, being a housewife is not a title of demerit.”
The case was reported by La Stampa and Corriere della Sera, among others.
Viale is under investigation for alleged sexual molestation in his day job as a gynaecologist.
As well as the alleged molestation, Viale has gained headlines for his flamboyant and controversial behaviour.
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