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--- In [email protected], "Bukan Pedanda" <bukan.pedanda@...> wrote: > > الثلاثاء 13 > ربيع الثاني > 1433هـ - 06 مارس 2012م > > > Indonesia to ban female lawmakers from wearing miniskirts > Indonesian women's rights groups said they were outraged by the comments and > called for a stop to the demonization of rape victims. (File photo) > > AFP, JAKARTA > > Women's groups expressed outrage Tuesday after Indonesia's parliament said it > would draft rules banning female lawmakers from wearing "provocative" > clothing such as miniskirts to work and claimed such dress invited rape. "We > know there have been a lot of rape cases and other immoral acts recently, and > this is because women aren't wearing appropriate clothes," house of > representatives speaker Marzuki Alie said. "Women wearing inappropriate > clothes arouse men, so it needs to be stopped. You know what men are like -- > provocative clothing will make them do things." Refrizal, the deputy head of > the household affairs committee, which is spearheading the new regulation, > told AFP that "miniskirts and skimpy clothes are an invitation to male > lawmakers". The move was also backed by two female house members who formerly > worked as fashion models, local media reported. Indonesian women's rights > groups said they were outraged by the comments and called for a stop to the > demonization of rape victims. "It's ridiculous that this is again coming from > the mouths of prominent people with influence," Action for Women Against Rape > founder Chicka Noya told AFP. "We expect them to make regulations to protect > women from violence, not condemn them for the way they dress." The comments > come just six months after the Jakarta governor, Fauzi "Foke" Bowo, made > similar remarks, saying that a spate of rape cases on the city's public > minibuses were triggered by victims' miniskirts. He urged Indonesian women to > refrain from wearing miniskirts on public transport. His remarks prompted a > protest in which women yelled the slogan "My miniskirt, my right. Foke you", > referring to the governor's nickname. The protest was inspired by the global > "SlutWalk" phenomenon, which began in Toronto last year as hundreds protested > about a comment made by a police constable that "women should avoid dressing > like sluts in order not to be victimized". > > جميع الحقوق > محفوظة > لقناة > العربية © 2010 > ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
