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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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[–] [email protected] 171 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 82 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Is 2025 the year of the Linux desktop?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago (2 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 118 points 3 days ago (2 children)

How is this not The Onion?

[–] [email protected] 40 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Because this is the bad place.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago

Jason figured it out!?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

Yeah you know what? I deserve to be here.

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[–] [email protected] 101 points 3 days ago (4 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 81 points 3 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days 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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[–] [email protected] 41 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

I have to do that disturbingly often nowadays.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 days ago

Taliban are more afraid of women than /r/incel

[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I dunno. Banning seeing women. Seems kinda gay.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Pederastry still happens in Afghanistan it’s called Bacha bāzi. They drug up a teenage boy and dress the boy up in women’s clothes. The boy has to dance in front of older men and then they rape the boy. They are gay pedophiles. This practice dates back to when that area was conquered by Alexander the Great.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 3 days ago (1 children)

just like Lemmy, the Taliban doesn't like Windows

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 days ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

I dont believe that what you think their goals are, are their goals.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

I think their goal is for the men to still be degenerate pigs, but only with a single woman.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days 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.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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?

[–] [email protected] 39 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Republicans taking notes... 📝📝📝📝📝📝

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Why not ban eyes?

So noone can see any woman!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days 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!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

Those insecure little boys really are afraid of women.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Is this a The Onion article?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

I wish it were an Onion article. Unfortunately it's all too real.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

Ban eyeballs.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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?

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago

Keeping the women barefoot and pregnant while doing chores and the kids fighting your feuds is governing for them

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

So, does the Tali ban a ban on windows? So it's not allowed to ban windows? So they're the Talibanban now? Or did they approve a ban on windows, so they're the Taliaproveban now? This is so confusing.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

This just in: the taliban are afraid of women

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Getting fresh air in Afghanistan be like:

  • Air vent
  • Fan
[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago
  • Entrance covered by bricks and rubble

  • Saddam Hussein

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

Why not just ban everything while you're at it?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago

I wish the Taliban would just come out of the closet already.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

"Centuries" aka barely one. But sure, everything is due to western imperialism. No way this religion of peace might be the issue here

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Keep poking the same dead end, Taliban. The way forward could never be behind you. You've got it basically figured out. Never question anything.

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