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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/23718803

Summary

The Taliban have banned windows in homes that allow views of areas where Afghan women might be seen, citing concerns over "obscene acts."

This new decree mandates blocking or obstructing such windows in existing and new buildings, continuing the group's systemic repression of women since regaining control of Afghanistan in August 2021.

The Taliban's policies have included bans on women's education, public appearances, and voices.

Critics, including the U.N., warn these actions dangerously erode human rights, while activists call out global inaction over the ongoing oppression.

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[-] anarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 109 points 6 days ago

They should probably just ban women outright until they learn how to live beside women responsibly

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 41 points 6 days ago

I REALLY want to find an arab woman who's lived under taliban rule, but also speaks english. I really want to ask her a hypothetical question.

I live in America. I see naked women quite frequently. I live in a society where I've literally gone in public, and seen women wearing a thong bikini, basically made of dental floss, and no top.

The logic of the taliban is that women cannot reveal their bodies to men, or it will FORCE the men to abuse and rape the women. I have frequently been in the presense of naked and near naked women. I am a man. I have never beat or raped a woman.

So I want to ask a woman who's had experience first hand living with the taliban.

Would you feel safer living naked with me everyday? Or fully clothed everyday with the taliban?

[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 56 points 6 days ago

People in Afghanistan aren't Arabs; they're Afghans. They notably don't speak Arabic.

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 26 points 6 days ago

:O

My mistake. I legit thought they did.

Soooooooo, what do they speak?

[-] carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone 38 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

from a quick glance at Wikipedia, the official languages are Dari and Pashto, spoken by 75% and 48% of the population respectively, but many other languages are also spoken

Arabic is only spoken by 1% of the Afghani population, which is less than English (6%)

[-] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

To be clear, Dari and Pashto are considerably less prevalent than Arabic's global native speaker estimate you listed. Per Wikipedia, even:

Dari: ~31 million speakers worldwide (~0.38%), and the native tongue for ~50% of Afghanistan

Pashto: ~40 million speakers worldwide (~0.24%), and the native tongue for ~48% of Afghanistan

And, technically, the native speaker stat on a global scale for Arabic is closer to 3% (~310 million = ~4.61%), with English is nearer 4.61% (373 million). Technically. 🤓

[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 13 points 6 days ago

Pretty sure they're talking about the Afghani population here

[-] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 days ago

I included those stats as well. 🙇🏽‍♂️

[-] candybrie@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

The 1% Arabic and 6% English weren't global speakers but Afghani speakers.

[-] lordnikon@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago

They speak 7 different languages since they are separate groups and the country was drawn by foreign superpowers at the time. So not shaped by a common ethnicity or shared idea like other countries.

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 11 points 6 days ago

Great idea .... just get them to export all the women, then when they want children, ship their semen over, artificially inseminate the women, keep female children, send male children after a few years old to live in Afghanistan with their all male family. Just ban women completely from the country.

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

There’s an Anime that did gender segregation in a similar way (and for similarly chauvinistic reasons), but on a planetary scale - Vandread.

[-] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 6 days ago

Until? That's criminally generous.

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