Sudan Women Charged With Indecency For Wearing Trousers

[mikey4444]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42300218

Am I missing something here ? How can trousers be described as indecent ?

Short and/or tights skirts I can understand, but trousers ?

[Gromit]

The Daily Mail goes into meltdown at the mention of boys wearing dresses. The Sudanise are probably equally as conservative.

It is not about what is on show which is indecent, it is about what cross dressing represents.

[Zacs-Master]

You’re missing the fact that Sudan is a majority Muslim country.

[ToraToraTora]

pretty standard stuff from the R\O\P mikey.

[Togo]

The Wrong Trousers" then Gromit?

[emmie]

because its another bloody backwater that treats women appallingly, nothing surprises me any more.

[Gromit]

YepTogo :-)

All people should be able to wear what they want (barring explicit words and imagery).
The State (any State) should legislate against trousers, dresses, burkhas or leggings.

[Gromit]

Duh,

* The State (any State) should NOT legislate against trousers, dresses, burkhas or leggings. *

[hereIam]

The ruddy 'morality police'. Disgusting ...

[Togo]

Another Freudian "slip" from apologist in chief. :))

[anotheoldgit]

Zacs-Master
/// You’re missing the fact that Sudan is a majority Muslim country. ///

Yes and we all know that unlike Western men, Muslim men don't allow their women to 'wear the trousers'.

[Zacs-Master]

I didn’t think that (or anything like it) needed stating.

[naomi24]

//How can trousers be described as indecent ? //

Probably because they demonstrate that Muslim women have legs. ;o)

Clothes that show the shape of the body are forbidden.

[Old_Geezer]

Perhaps it is considered to be cross-dressing, and thus declared indecent.

[emmie]

Mickey Rorks Drift.

[emmie]

sorry wrong thread..

[naomi24]

Old_Geezer, it's more the objection to showing the shape of the body. That's why many Muslim women dress in garments resembling black bin bags. Less temptation to men.

[Old_Geezer]

Ok, but it seems to me that men tend to have legs too, so what does that tell us about the objectors and their turn-ons ?

[naomi24]

OG, if you've noticed many Muslim men wear garments resembling baggy nightshirts.

PS. Sudan is a backward hellhole.

[Togo]

This is the gear then Naomi.

http://thumbsnap.com/i/5VZYB2bM.png

[vetuste_ennemi]

I'd guess we're talking about jeans and the like. Anything sexually provocative which might tempt the savages who can't control themselves into sin.

From the article:

"Rights activists say tens of thousands of women are arrested and flogged for indecency every year, and laws can be applied arbitrarily.
They say the law in Muslim-majority Sudan against wearing trousers and short or tight skirts discriminates against Christians."

Coming to a town near you. (Already arrived in some parts).