The Novi Sad Assembly building in Serbia was pelted with eggs during a protest in that city on March 8, International Women's Day, organized over a sexist statement by Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vulin.
At the National Assembly session on March 4, reacting to the action of a part of the opposition that threw eggs and smoke bombs at government representatives, he said that it was "fortunate" that there were women in the opposition "who know how to work with eggs."
One of the students who addressed the crowd said that they did not want to live in a society of sexism and violence against women.
"We want femicide to be a separate crime, we want both a flower and a revolution," she said.
Nataša Miličević, a professor at the Faculty of Philosophy in Novi Sad, said that this is a day when they show that there is no silence on sexism.
"This day is the day of women who fought for women's rights. Vulin's sexist statement, attacks on women, female students in tabloids, a lot more," she said.
After the speech, those present pelted the entrance of the City Hall with eggs and hung what they said was a new flag of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), labeling the party's representatives as "sexist".
The protest began on the Novi Sad campus with a tribute to those killed in the tragedy at the Novi Sad train station. After that, the crowd marched to the City Assembly.
The protest was called by students participating in the blockades of faculties at the University of Novi Sad.
In their invitation to the students of the Faculty of Philosophy, the organizers stated that they wanted to show that they would not remain silent about "the sexist comments made by the current Deputy Prime Minister to female MPs."
What did Vulin say?
During the Parliament session on March 4, Vulin addressed MPs, reacting to the action of a part of the opposition that threw smoke bombs and eggs at MPs from the ruling coalition, saying that "if the opposition had real men," they would know "what to do and how to do it with eggs."
He added that "fortunately, among you (the opposition) there are a sufficient number of female MPs, and they will explain it to you better, since you don't know what to do with eggs."
In the continuation of the session on March 5, he denied that it was a sexist statement, saying that he meant "eggs as a food product", not male reproductive organs.
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