A top Indonesian official has claimed that women can become pregnant by swimming in the same pool as men who are turned on by the sight of their bodies.
Indonesian Child Protection Commission commissioner, Sitti Hikmawatty, made the comments saying that women should exercise caution when bathing in the same pool as men or risk getting pregnant.
She told local media: “There is an especially strong type of male sperm that may cause […] pregnancy in a swimming pool.
“Even without penetration, men may become sexually excited [by women in the pool] and ejaculate, therefore causing a pregnancy.”
In a further twist, she said that this was most likely to affect women who were currently sexually active.
Meanwhile, she went on to imply that male swimmers may ejaculate at the mere sight of a woman in the pool.
She told local media: “If women are in a phase where they are sexually active, [such a pregnancy] may occur. No one knows for sure how men react to the sight of women in a swimming pool.”
Her comments were met with ridicule online and many netizens were quick to criticise her statements.
Indonesian Doctors Association (IDI) executive Nazar told local media it was “impossible” for women to get pregnant in a swimming pool.
He said: “The water in swimming pools […] contains chlorine and other chemicals. Sperm cannot survive in these conditions.”
The commissioner has since retracted the statements.
She said: “It was a personal statement and not from the KPAI.”
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