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  Boris Johnson gaffe: Why do women go to university? To find men to marry...
  
  London mayor accused of sexism for comment made alongside Malaysian prime minister
  
  For a man known to have a wandering eye - both for the opposite sex and the top job in politics -
  
  it was perhaps an inadvisable thing to say.
  
  But that doesn't stop Boris Johnson.
  
  The London Mayor today came under attack for suggesting that women only go to university
  
  to find a man to marry.
  
  Mr Johnson was answering questions at the launch of the Islamic Economic Forum alongside
  
  the Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak.
  
  Asked about boosting female education in the Muslim world, Mr Razak told reporters:
  
  "Before coming here, my officials have told me that the latest university intake in Malaysia,
  
  a Muslim country, 68 per cent will be women entering our universities."
  
  Mr Johnson, who is known to have had two extra-marital affairs, then interjected: "They've got to find men to marry."
  
  At the time his risqué joke did nothing more than elicit groans from the audience.

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