men join women in protest in Kenya. 100 arrested for stripping woman who dressed "indecently"

[Liberal_in_LA]

About 100 people have been arrested in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, after a second woman was attacked for allegedly dressing indecently, police say.

The woman's clothes were torn off and she was assaulted and paraded along a road, police added.

The arrests in raids across the city were aimed at curbing the harassment of women, police said.

About 200 people rallied in Nairobi on Monday over the alleged stripping of a miniskirt-wearing woman last week.

The BBC's Robet Kiptoo in Nairobi says Kenya is a conservative society, where activists complain that women's rights are often violated.

'Shame on you'
Our reporter says the attack on a second woman has shocked many people, and police responded by carrying out swoops at various bus ranks.

Nairobi police chief Moses Ombati said 20 people had been arrested in connection with the latest attack.



http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-30093816

[Brigid]

1. So let me get this straight . . .

A woman is supposedly not wearing enough clothing for some people's taste, so they pull off the clothing she is wearing?

[Warpy]

2. Yeah, that's about it

Religious patriarchy rarely makes much sense except to males who have confused that thing between their legs with god.

Religious vigilantes are tolerated in much of the Islamic world, going around and beating women whose shrouds might be too short or who might be exposing a lock of hair at the edge of the veil.

It's one reason I refused the job in Saudi Arabia I was offered.

[DesertFlower]

4. well said.

i wouldn't take a job there either.

[blkmusclmachine]

3. Yeah, it doesn't HAVE to make sense. That's religion for you.