Banning skimpy skirts, and more
A government minister in Uganda has called for a ban on women wearing miniskirts, calling them a danger to motorists.
Banning skimpy skirts
A government minister in Uganda has called for a ban on women wearing miniskirts, calling them a danger to motorists. “Some of our people are weak, mentally,” confessed Nsaba Buturo, Uganda’s minister of ethics and integrity. If while driving you see a woman wearing a skimpy skirt, Buturo continued, “you begin to concentrate on the make-up of that person, and yet you are driving.”
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