Women in the Indonesian city of Lhokseumawe have been banned from straddling motorbikes because of fears that it distracts men drivers.
Civic leaders in Aceh province, which is ruled by strict sharia law, have launched a crackdown on what they say are un-Islamic practices.
A culture whose men get distracted when they see a woman sitting with her legs apart while riding a motorcycle or bicycle may have more serious problems.
The mayor told the Jakarta Globe that behaviour and morals were straying from Aceh’s Islamic cultural values.
“We want to save women from things that will cause them to violate shariah law. We wish to honour women with this ban because they are delicate creatures,” he said.
Totally. Remember that time I wanted to honor a woman, so I started bossing her around and forbidding her from doing very reasonable things?
Via The Frisky.