Commenting on the 2014 constitutional challenge against Section 377A of the Penal Code failing in part since it did not contain the words "gender", "sex" and "sexual orientation", SMU Associate Professor of Law Eugene Tan said, "If you use gender, some understand gender as binary – male and female – others will take it that we are open to non-binary categories. It's an issue which Singapore society has not quite resolved." Assoc Prof Tan also commented on an oft-cited complaint that the law unfairly favours women when it comes to divorce-related issues like maintenance and child custody, and said, "You also don't want a situation where men will feel discriminated against instead. If there is overcompensation in policies or by particular organisations, it may spark a war between the sexes." SMU Dean of Students and Professor of Sociology (Practice) Paulin Straughan said, "It's about mutual respect for each other, regardless of what gender you are."