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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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[–] DarkSpectrum@lemmy.world 34 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Why not remove Muslim men's eyes so they can't see women?

[–] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That's the other guy that said that, the taliban follows a different guy who wandered about a desert.

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[–] weeeeum@lemmy.world 65 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Damn for a country that hates gay people, they REALLY hate looking at women.

[–] palordrolap@fedia.io 26 points 6 days ago

No, it's more like each extremist Muslim doesn't want any other man looking at any of his women, because he knows what he'd be unable to stop himself from doing if he saw someone else's woman and assumes every other man is like that.

And that line of thinking breeds generations of men who rather than might think that way, actually do think that way, making the rule even more necessary.

It's also a lot easier for a man to punish or beat a woman than it is another man, and it's that line of thinking which turns women into property rather than people. And property can be treated however you like.

[–] viking@infosec.pub 57 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Had to do a double take that I'm not in The Onion community.

[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 18 points 6 days ago

I have to do that disturbingly often nowadays.

[–] ronflex@lemmy.world 36 points 6 days ago (2 children)

This just in: the taliban are afraid of women

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[–] JovialMicrobial@lemm.ee 41 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Aside from the obvious egregious human rights violations here, there's going to be a lot of health repercussions for this.

Not getting enough, or any sunlight can cause vitamin d deficiency which can cause a whole host of problems. Including if a woman breastfeeds without getting enough vitamin d her baby will also be deficient. Get ready for a bunch of children who are going to be at a high risk for developing rickets.

I guess that's the price they're willing to pay to oppress women?

[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 30 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Those insecure little boys really are afraid of women.

[–] NutWrench@lemmy.ml 11 points 6 days ago

It's either that or they justify these repressive laws by saying men are lustful beasts who can never be trusted to contain their impulses. (And therefore those laws are for their "protection.")

This is an attitude shared by all of the "girls have cooties" religions.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 38 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I dunno. Banning seeing women. Seems kinda gay.

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (4 children)

Pederastry still happens in Afghanistan it’s called Bacha bāzi. They drug up a teenage boy and dress the boy up in women’s clothes. The boy has to dance in front of older men and then they rape the boy. They are gay pedophiles. This practice dates back to when that area was conquered by Alexander the Great.

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[–] Resol@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)

And just when I thought the Taliban's laws against women were too extreme already, they decide to do this. They quite literally can stoop way lower than I thought.

I feel so bad. Thanks for ruining my first day of 2025, Taliban.

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[–] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.world 34 points 6 days ago

Taliban are more afraid of women than /r/incel

[–] Tin@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

When do we get to the part of the episode where James T Kirk, prime directive be damned, finds the meglomaniacal computer controlling these men, and blows it up?

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 2 points 4 days ago

Have you any idea how it feels to be a fembot... living in a manbot's manputer's world?

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 20 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] fnrir@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

TempleOS, obviously

or maybe an Islam-specific fork?

[–] zqps@sh.itjust.works 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)
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[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 27 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Why stop at windows? I mean, doors are even bigger openings.

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[–] Roflmasterbigpimp@lemmy.world 24 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Why not ban eyes?

So noone can see any woman!

[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 6 days ago

Let's just blindfold all men, or even better, seal them in cement to make sure they don't look at women and have impure desires!

[–] Zer0_F0x@lemmy.world 27 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Those guys sure love banning things. They're gonna lose track of all the things they've banned, unless they hire someone to tally all their bans.

Unless of course there's a ban on that too

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 15 points 6 days ago

The point is to ban everything and lose track so that when they don't like you, they can always find something you did that was banned.

[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Today, Pakistan, tomorrow, USA. You might be sceptical today, but if you think it really couldn't happen in America, you haven't been paying nearly enough attention.

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[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 12 points 6 days ago

MAGA furiously scribbling notes.

[–] Werbert@lemmy.world 16 points 6 days ago

Ban eyeballs.

[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 6 days ago

Why not just ban everything while you're at it?

[–] exploitedamerican@lemm.ee 10 points 6 days ago (3 children)

The only solution would be the women rising up and stealing their husbands and brothers guns to foment a violent revolution. Sure some will probably be killed in the uprising but I'm sure it will end quickly because it would be very inconceivably stupid of the men to kill such a large number of women, then whom would they procreate with?

I wonder what the region would look like without centuries of western capitalist oppression by europe and most recently the US.

[–] etuomaala@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago

The men will just go back to the traditional method of asexual budding.

[–] Miaou@jlai.lu 9 points 6 days ago (3 children)

"Centuries" aka barely one. But sure, everything is due to western imperialism. No way this religion of peace might be the issue here

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