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bamagal62

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5. I expected as much.

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Mon Aug 16, 2021, 01:52 PM

Aug 2021

When I lived in Saudi Arabia (in the 90s) all faces of women in advertisements were painted over or blacked out. I was not allowed to bring US fashion magazines into the Kingdom. They searched bags for those items and confiscated them if found.

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Photos of Women Are Being Erased in Kabul [View all] demmiblue Aug 2021 OP

and the WAR ON WOMEN continues apace. Would you consider cross-posting this in niyad Aug 2021 #1

Important enough for LBN, too, IMO. JudyM Aug 2021 #4

Agreed. niyad Aug 2021 #6

Done. demmiblue Aug 2021 #7

+1,000,000 ... electric_blue68 Aug 2021 #8

Republiqons here eagerly await their chance to start doing the same. FoxNewsSucks Aug 2021 #2

THIS. electric_blue68 Aug 2021 #9

Always lots of men ready to push women down obamanut2012 Aug 2021 #3

I expected as much. bamagal62 Aug 2021 #5