Hon Deputy Speaker, I, too, on behalf of Cope, rises to say; let's respect women. All human beings are the same. All human beings are a product of the same process - a process which results in all human beings taking their first breath and their last breath. All human beings have the same physical and body organs, which without a doubt, must make all humanity to conclude that all people, whether men or women, are the same and must therefore enjoy the same access to all that which is positive.
The only difference between men and women is one organ, without it presence, more humans will not have their first breath. It is unfortunate that South Africans, including this House, we only rise to commit ourselves to gender equality and the removal of gender violence when problems arise; like what has happened in Limpopo and it is continuing to happen in a number of other areas.