In a speech on Monday, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte addressed an almost exclusively female audience as “puta” (which translates as “bitch”) and complained that “crazy women” were depriving him of his freedom of expression after he was criticised for telling women to stay away from Catholic priests.  

“You criticise every sentence or word I say, but that is my freedom to express myself,” he said adding: “I love women. That’s why you see I have two wives.”