Breast-tax

[Walt Zingmatilder]

Apparently, the early 1900s, some parts of British-ruled India had laws as to what people could and couldn't wear.  One such law - in modern-day South-Central Kerala, was that low caste women weren't allowed to cover their breasts.  If they did, they would be fined.  I'll let the BBC take up the story

Are you saying that Kerala was like the Religionethics forum?..................heaving with exposed tits?

[Sebastian Toe]

Are you saying that Kerala was like the Religionethics forum?..................heaving with exposed tits?

..or just heaving at your attempts at humour? 

[Hope]

Are you saying that Kerala was like the Religionethics forum?..................heaving with exposed tits?

If that's your take on the issue and any related issues, that's your perogative.

[Harrowby Hall]

There  again, in Saudi, women are restricted in how they can present themselves in public in the belief that this will prevent change in society. It is completely discriminatory against all women.

I recall reading, a few years ago, about an American woman who was a colonel in the USAF serving in Saudi Arabia. She drove motor vehicles in her military uniform with uncovered head, carrying a gun. My recollection is that she was, on occasion, challenged by the religious police - whose authority she chose to ignore. She returned to the USA where she was a feminist heroine.

[Brownie]

Good for her but, presumably, as a colonel in the USAF she was somewhat cushioned.  A civilian would not have the same freedom of expression.