Long story short: AWARE Singapore, a gender equality advocacy group, was both praised and slammed this past week for her role in getting a modified version of an army marching song, Purple Light, banned.

This caused some men to feel outraged as they cannot sing about rape anymore.

At the same time, there were many others -- men and women alike -- who are glad that singing about rape has gone the way of other antediluvian practices, such as being broken at the wheel.

But what happens in the event when women themselves denounce the women's advocacy group who is supposedly standing up for their interests?

It just serves to reinforce the notion that women are walking paradoxes.

Well, see for yourself, because this is what happens (all comments below are by real women):

One lady felt that AWARE should take on the role of the Media Development Authority and ban Disney movies:

There is the passive aggressive:

This is what happens when you take the "feminist" out of "militant feminist":

And there is also the fault-finding ignoramus:

[Editor's note: Actually, AWARE did speak up on the hijab issue. They support the right of every woman to choose what she wears.]

There are those who appreciate the melodies of Purple Light:

And then there is this:

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