On Monday, five Islamist MPs in Kuwait proposed a one year prison sentence and a $3,500 fine for women who wear swimsuits at the beach.How much if they go nekkid?
The legislators also said that the same penalty should apply to women who reveal their upper chest or take part in "indecent behavior."
How much of the upper chest? Is there a graduated rate per booby? Will the state pay women over a certain age or tonnage to put it back on? Is there a graduated scale of indecency applied to behavior? It hardly seems fair to dump the entire $3500 fine on a wench indulging in an act that's only $25 indecent. And I knew a few femmes in the heady daze of my youth who'd occasionally hit $7000 or more behind closed doors...
The proposal calls for a ban on women wearing swimsuits at beaches, islands and swimming pools. Whether it covers private beaches run by hotels and resorts is unspecified.
The amendment still needs to be approved by parliamentary panels, by the parliament itself and also signed by the emir to become law.
The MPs complained of a spread of "indecent" practices and warned that lifeguards were unable to act against women for such violations of public order because of a lack of clear legislation.
However, liberal woman MP Aseel al-Awadhi condemned the proposal as unconstitutional and "regrettable," wondering why it failed to also make reference to men.
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