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submitted 2 weeks ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

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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[-] brrt@sh.itjust.works 202 points 2 weeks ago

Hey Taliban, here’s an idea: ban eyes for men, problem solved.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 125 points 2 weeks ago
[-] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 143 points 2 weeks ago

How is this not The Onion?

[-] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 55 points 2 weeks ago

Because this is the bad place.

[-] Hackworth@lemmy.world 22 points 2 weeks ago

Jason figured it out!?

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[-] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 120 points 2 weeks ago

They can't be seen, can't speak, women's voices cannot be heard (even by other women), and now they can't have windows.

At this point, if they have such a problem, leave the men inside in a windowless box and let women do the work. It's men getting a half chub because they heard of someone thinking of a woman. Their obsession with women is so fucking weird. It's like they're the boogy man or some shit.

[-] FoxyFerengi@lemm.ee 97 points 2 weeks ago

All these bans make it easier for abuse and violence against women and girls to proliferate

[-] Leonine@reddthat.com 16 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah it's a weird fear fr. I wish I understood it but not sure if understanding it any better would make any difference. And that's even more labour on women yet again to figure out why are these men so scurred of women's agency? The imbalance is unconscionable.

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[-] pooberbee@lemmy.ml 108 points 2 weeks ago

Is 2025 the year of the Linux desktop?

[-] Azzu@lemm.ee 27 points 2 weeks ago

This is the best usage of this phrase I've ever seen

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[-] weeeeum@lemmy.world 61 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] palordrolap@fedia.io 26 points 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago

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

[-] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 18 points 2 weeks ago

I have to do that disturbingly often nowadays.

[-] expatriado@lemmy.world 52 points 2 weeks ago

just like Lemmy, the Taliban doesn't like Windows

[-] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 2 weeks ago

at your rate we're gonna have a free tech stack before we have equality. The struggle against patriarchy is not a joke

[-] JovialMicrobial@lemm.ee 41 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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?

[-] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 41 points 2 weeks ago

Soooooo, instead of educating young boys and men about respect and decency, they instead force women to cover themselves completely, and now remove windows from buildings, because young boys and men can’t be trusted to be basic human beings?

Yeah, you know you’re doing it right when you have to force other people to bend to your degeneracy.

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[-] JohnOliver@feddit.dk 39 points 2 weeks ago

Republicans taking notes... 📝📝📝📝📝📝

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 37 points 2 weeks ago

I dunno. Banning seeing women. Seems kinda gay.

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[-] ronflex@lemmy.world 36 points 2 weeks ago

This just in: the taliban are afraid of women

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[-] DarkSpectrum@lemmy.world 33 points 2 weeks ago

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

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[-] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.world 33 points 2 weeks ago

Taliban are more afraid of women than /r/incel

[-] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 29 points 2 weeks ago

Those insecure little boys really are afraid of women.

[-] NutWrench@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 weeks 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.

[-] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 26 points 2 weeks ago

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

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[-] Zer0_F0x@lemmy.world 26 points 2 weeks ago

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 2 weeks 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.

[-] Roflmasterbigpimp@lemmy.world 23 points 2 weeks ago

Why not ban eyes?

So noone can see any woman!

[-] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 2 weeks 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!

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 20 points 2 weeks ago

The Taliban could not see women easier if they simply forced the men to blind themselves. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 20 points 2 weeks ago
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[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago

I'm curious, are these women actually flirting with these perverted creeps from the window... or are they flashing signs to each other because it's the only way they can talk?

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 45 points 2 weeks ago
[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 weeks ago

Ugh. The nerve.

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[-] chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Is this a The Onion article?

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[-] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago

Why do fundies always spend their time on pointless bullshit instead of actually governing

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[-] Werbert@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago

Ban eyeballs.

[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 12 points 2 weeks ago

MAGA furiously scribbling notes.

[-] davidagain@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

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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[-] Resol@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

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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[-] exploitedamerican@lemm.ee 11 points 2 weeks ago

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.

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