Somewhere in Indonesia a teenage girl is crying.
Because of a new ban against miniskirts proposed by Indonesia’s religious affairs minister Suryadharma Ali, miniskirts may now be considered as “pornographic” within the country. Ali heads up the country’s anti-porn taskforce and told reporters last week that the taskforce is in the process of developing criteria to define something as pornographic, one of which includes skirts above the knee.
It’s a head-scratcher, for sure. But Indonesia isn’t the first country to propose such a rule. In 2010, the small seaside town of Castellammare Di Stabia in Italy proposed a miniskirt ban (along with low slung jeans) to promote higher social standards. And in the same year, Chile tried to place a ban on public employees from wearing miniskirts and exposing their shoulders until too many angry ladies protested to the governor.
Even in the United States, a San Jose high school told their cheerleading team last year that they were no longer allowed to wear their cheerleading skirts to school. Instead, the squad was asked to cover up their high hemlines by wearing sweatpants underneath.
Talk about controversy! What would you guys think if miniskirts were banned in Chicago? Should the government even have control over what we wear? Or are there pieces of clothing you wish would be banned? Let us know!