Cambodian Govt to Propose Law Against Inappropriate Dress
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Cambodian Govt to Propose Law Against Inappropriate Dress
Campaign to cover up in the name of tradition encourages culture of victim-blaming, rights groups say
By Matt Blomberg
PHNOM PENH, July 31 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A proposed law that would let Cambodian police fine people deemed to be dressed inappropriately could be used to curtail women's freedoms and reinforce a culture of impunity around sexual violence, rights campaigners say.
The draft legislation, which will take effect next year if approved by several government ministries and the national assembly, would ban men from going out shirtless and stop women from wearing anything "too short" or "too see-through."
While billed by the government as a way to preserve national traditions, critics fear the law will be used as a tool to control and oppress women in the socially conservative country.
"In recent months, we've seen the policing of women's bodies and clothing from the highest levels of government, belittling women's rights to bodily autonomy and self-expression, and placing blame on women for violence committed against them," said Chak Sopheap, executive director of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights charity.
"I'm apprehensive that this will be disproportionately used against women exercising their fundamental freedoms," she added.
But Ouk Kimlekh, an interior ministry secretary of state leading the drafting process, said the legislation was needed to preserve traditional culture.
"It's good to wear something no shorter than the middle of the thighs," he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
https://news.trust.org/item/20200731130009-dzsss/
By Matt Blomberg
PHNOM PENH, July 31 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A proposed law that would let Cambodian police fine people deemed to be dressed inappropriately could be used to curtail women's freedoms and reinforce a culture of impunity around sexual violence, rights campaigners say.
The draft legislation, which will take effect next year if approved by several government ministries and the national assembly, would ban men from going out shirtless and stop women from wearing anything "too short" or "too see-through."
While billed by the government as a way to preserve national traditions, critics fear the law will be used as a tool to control and oppress women in the socially conservative country.
"In recent months, we've seen the policing of women's bodies and clothing from the highest levels of government, belittling women's rights to bodily autonomy and self-expression, and placing blame on women for violence committed against them," said Chak Sopheap, executive director of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights charity.
"I'm apprehensive that this will be disproportionately used against women exercising their fundamental freedoms," she added.
But Ouk Kimlekh, an interior ministry secretary of state leading the drafting process, said the legislation was needed to preserve traditional culture.
"It's good to wear something no shorter than the middle of the thighs," he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
https://news.trust.org/item/20200731130009-dzsss/
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Re: Cambodian Govt to Propose Law Against Inappropriate Dress
Good morning, it's 1955.
Once you've read the dictionary, every other book is just a remix.
Re: Cambodian Govt to Propose Law Against Inappropriate Dress
Oh my!!!! Welcome to 2020!!
Re: Cambodian Govt to Propose Law Against Inappropriate Dress
Heading into "The Handmaids Tail".
My entire life can be summed up in one sentence:
"Well that didnt go as planned".
"Well that didnt go as planned".
Re: Cambodian Govt to Propose Law Against Inappropriate Dress
A law written by men who demand that their wife(s) and daughters adhere to the law but surely hope that the women at their favorite beer garden, KTV, and bar have not been required to adhere to such a policy.
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Re: Cambodian Govt to Propose Law Against Inappropriate Dress
it appears to be patriarchy, but this kind of law usually has it's roots in matriarchy
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uncovered hot young women present an sexual-economic threat
reduce the supply, increase the price
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monstra mihi bona!
Re: Cambodian Govt to Propose Law Against Inappropriate Dress
Hopefully the law, insane as it is, will cover shirtless barang as well.
Re: Cambodian Govt to Propose Law Against Inappropriate Dress
I guess that's right. I'm disgusted by the sight of stripped prostitutes on the main streets of Phnom Penh.
Cultural rot has embraced this country with the sex maniacs of the rich West. America's time is running out and it's time for the world to return to normal
Cultural rot has embraced this country with the sex maniacs of the rich West. America's time is running out and it's time for the world to return to normal
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Re: Cambodian Govt to Propose Law Against Inappropriate Dress
thold wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 8:17 am I guess that's right. I'm disgusted by the sight of stripped prostitutes on the main streets of Phnom Penh.
Cultural rot has embraced this country with the sex maniacs of the rich West. America's time is running out and it's time for the world to return to normal
Are you talking about the ,, old normal, or the ,, new normal
Cambodia,,,, Don't fall in love with her.
Like the spoilt child she is, she will not be happy till she destroys herself from within and breaks your heart.
Like the spoilt child she is, she will not be happy till she destroys herself from within and breaks your heart.
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