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Zé Trovão says that women are a "precious asset in a man's life" and bothers female deputies.

Extremist makes his debut in Congress with sexist remarks.

Zé Trovão (Photo: Pablo Valadares/Chamber of Deputies)

247 - A speech by deputy and extremist Zé Trovão (PL-SC) during a plenary session of the Chamber this Thursday (2) caused discomfort among federal deputies.

The Bolsonaro-supporting congressman said that women are "the most precious thing in a man's life."

“I came here to speak in favor, because we certainly have to greatly benefit women, because they are warriors. Women are the most precious thing in a man's life,” stated the parliamentarian.

In conversations with journalist Igor Gadelha's column on the portal MetropolisThe congresswomen expressed discomfort upon hearing Zé Trovão say that women are a "precious asset," as if they were the property of the male sex.