Women in Malawi protest attacks over skirts, pants

ap ^ | January 20th, 2012 | Raphael Tenthani

[george76]

It's been 18 years since the late dictator Hastings Kamuzu Banda's "indecency in dress" laws were repealed in Malawi, but mobs of men and boys in the largely conservative southern African country have recently been publicly stripping women of their miniskirts and pants.

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Other African nations, including neighboring South Africa, have seen similar attacks and harassment of women. Last year, women and men held "SlutWalks" in South Africa, joining an international campaign against the notion that a woman's appearance can excuse attacks. "SlutWalks" originated in Toronto, Canada, where they were sparked by a police officer's remark that women could avoid being raped by not dressing like "sluts."

[knarf]

Hillary! and the ERA nags will be SO vocal in 3 ..... 2 ..... 1 .....

[Socon-Econ]

There ought to be a middle ground between (a) the burlap-bag, head-to-toe coverings of the Islamic world and (b) the body flaunting “slut walkers” of western societies. Up until the 1960’s, women in the West seemed to dwell in this middle ground.

[PapaBear3625]

It's been 18 years since the late dictator Hastings Kamuzu Banda's "indecency in dress" laws were repealed in Malawi, but mobs of men and boys in the largely conservative southern African country have recently been publicly stripping women of their miniskirts and pants.

It will only end when the women start walking around with high-capacity handguns and shoot such mobs down.

[aimhigh]

There ought to be a middle ground between (a) the burlap-bag, head-to-toe coverings of the Islamic world and (b) the body flaunting “slut walkers” of western societies.

It has nothing to do with clothing, it's just an excuse for perverts to undress women.

[riverrunner]

Very true armed the women and soon this would stop.