Taliban bans windows overlooking women's spaces to prevent 'obscene acts'

[OnlinePoker]

The Taliban has issued a decree banning the construction of windows in buildings overlooking areas where women are present, citing concerns over "obscene acts" that might arise from men observing women in domestic spaces. The latest edict represents a continuation of the group's systematic erosion of women's rights since reclaiming power in Afghanistan in 2021.

The decree, announced by Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, mandates that new buildings must avoid windows that allow visibility into courtyards, kitchens, or wells—spaces traditionally used by Afghan women. Existing windows offering such views must be blocked to prevent "nuisances caused to neighbours," according to the directive. Local municipal authorities are tasked with enforcing the order by monitoring construction sites and ensuring compliance.

"Seeing women working in kitchens, in courtyards or collecting water from wells can lead to obscene acts," Mujahid said in a post on X.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/taliban-bans-windows-overlooking-womens-spaces-to-prevent-obscene-acts/articleshow/116771876.cms

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So, all the bullshit the Taliban spouted about women's rights being upheld when they took over was just that, BULLSHIT!

[sakabatou]

1. Of course it was bullshit

It's the Taliban.

[Irish_Dem]

2. Even barns for livestock have windows.

For fresh air and sunshine.
Moisture and heat control.

[Clouds Passing]

3. Bunch of morans!

The Xtian Nats are chomping at the bit…..

[Hekate]

4. Prisons

[Maru Kitteh]

5. No windows. No women. No water

Such difficult problems for a howler monkey with carpel-tunnel syndrome to ponder on.

[Unladen Swallow]

6. I really wish my feminist friends

cared about women everywhere, instead of just the west.

[Maru Kitteh]

11. Can't even get women in this country to worry about women in this country.

It’s abysmal. I’m not sure if I’m decending into full blown nihilism, or simply still reeling about in a stupor since election day but for now I’ve come to this:

I don’t think the future of woman is an American future.

[Deuxcents]

7. Never gonna close off the mind. If they didn't repress their people so strictly, there'd be no need

For trying to control people’s thoughts at women’s expense.

[Hekate]

8. "Preventing obscene acts" ? Are they saying men can't stop themselves from whipping it out?

Just the sight of a woman makes them go ape?

I guess they’re going to do as Trump says, “protect women whether they like it or not”

[Buns_of_Fire]

18. Next: Bans on knotty-pine paneling. nt

[JoseBalow]

9. I guess those burkas are just too sexy?

Man in a boat overboard!

[msongs]

10. too bad their menfolk are such weak pervs nt

[Nictuku]

12. The focus should be on WHY MEN CAN'T CONTROL THEMSELVES

So sick.

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

13. #1 Taliban song: "I Can't Control Myself" by the Troggs!

[ForgedCrank]

14. I can't help it,

but this doesn't primarily stand out as a womens rights issue. I'm not saying it isn't, I'm just saying that the thing that gets my attention first is what they are doing and why. They are blaming windows instead of dealing with the men who are the actual perverts who ultimately cause a problem, then blame the window. WTH is going on with this manner of thinking?

[questionseverything]

15. It's a woman's rights issue because the Taliban would have women disappear from public life

[ForgedCrank]

16. I get that,

but i just can't get past the stupid.
For all intents and purposes, I'm a troubleshooter, it's what I do for a living and consists of probably at least 50% of my work. So when I see people trying to remedy symptoms instead of identifying actual problems, I get itchy.
So you have a bunch of perverts running around with no impulse control, eh? Whatever shall you do? I know! Sanitize everything else and make the target smaller rather than eliminating the damned pervert. I just don't get it. It drives me nuts.

[Blue_Tires]

17. Of course it was bullshit

The type of bullshit only the Trump administration would swallow, that's why he cut a deal with the Taliban at Camp David(!)

I swear to fucking Christ, can you imagine the Republican ragegasm if a Dem president hosted the Taliban at Camp David?