Afghan province bans male tailors from measuring women

[The Straight Story]

Afghan province bans male tailors from measuring women

By Sayed Salahuddin

KABUL (Reuters) - Male tailors in an Afghan province have been barred from measuring female clients for fittings following a new local ruling that resembles the restrictions the ultra-conservative Taliban imposed on the country when in power.

The decision was made by a council of Islamic clergymen in northeastern Takhar province recently, governor Abdul Latif Ibrahimi said.

"The male tailors have been told to stop measuring women," Ibrahimi told Reuters by phone on Saturday. "They need to be measured by female tailors."

While many Afghan women have excellent needlework and dressmaking skills, the overwhelming majority of commercial tailors are men.

http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSSP33937320080113

[Hydra]

1. Hehe

I never thought of that job perk myself- it takes a dirty-minded religious person to show me what I've been missing out on :evilgrin:

[TechBear_Seattle]

2. The reason why the overwhelming majority of commercial tailors are men is...

Women are prohibited from engaging in business or following a trade.

Isn't there a similar bit of viciousness in that male doctors may not examine female patients and women are banned from receiving any kind of medical training on pain of public whipping?

[rodeodance]

3. and we are sending right now, another 3000 troops to afgan. lordy lordy

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

4. I have heard about those Afghan tailors, I completely agree.

Oh I thought they said sailors.

[Catch22Dem]

5. Of course. Why would their women need tailors anyway

Throw a black sheet over their heads. If it drags the ground, it's too long. If it shows ankles, it's too short. :sarcasm:

I suspect they treat their livestock with greater respect.

[Disturbed]

6. Why isn't Pickels over in Afghanistan fighting for the Women?

Wasn't that her Mission?

[uppityperson]

7. k&r for "spreading freedum" with sadness

[SoCalDem]

8. Somehow, I don;t think that this is the biggest problem in Afghanistan these days

:eyes:

When are women even allowed out of their compounds?

[Rageneau]

9. About damned time!

This was keeping some of us awake at night.

[Moloch]

10. Wow.. sounds like something Huckabee would propose...

nt

[Marrah_G]

11. These people make him look like the most far left liberal

The hell Afghani women have endured is something most women cannot even begin to fathom.