We are well aware of women’s situation in a patriarchal society. However, there are many countries round the globe who have taken their stance on misogyny a notch higher. The following is a list of bizarre misogynist laws around the world. From a ban on driving to a ban on applying nail polish, we’ve got it all covered.
#1. In Saudi Arabia, women are infamously banned from obtaining driver’s licenses, are not allowed to go to cemeteries and are not given any voting rights.
#2. In India and Singapore, any sexual act performed by a husband on his wife cannot be considered rape.
#3. China bans women from working in mines, or any job that involves intense physical labour.
#4. In Madagascar, women are not allowed to work at night.
#5. There are 456 official jobs in Russia that women cannot undertake.
#6. In Cuba, girls are legally allowed to get married since the age of 14.
#7. Prostitutes must only be women in the Philippines. They are deemed to be prostitutes irrespective of their motive-money, profit or sexual satisfaction.
#8. Yemen laws consider a woman as only a half witness. Also, a married woman does not have the right to refuse $exual intercourse. Neither can she leave the house without her husband’s permission.
#9. Women are not allowed to vote in the Vatican City.
#10. Mothers who suffer pain from a miscarriage, may be jailed in El Salvador.
#11. In Morocco, girls are forced to marry their rapists.
#12. Tanzanian widows may be turned out of their matrimonial homes, forced to leave children, and any property earned during the marriage.
#13. Female genital mutilation happens on a large-scale in Africa. What is worse is that the government does not consider this an important issue.
#14. In Malta, a kidnapper is given leniency only if he plans on marrying his victim.
#15. The Iranian government considers girls as @dults and criminally responsible even at the age of eight or nine.
#16. It’s legal in Nigeria for a husband to beat his wife, for the purpose of disciplining her.
#17. A single/divorced/widowed woman cannot skydive in Florida, USA on Sundays.
#18. A woman of ‘ill-repute’ or ‘evil looks’ is banned from entering a cheese factory in Ferrara, Italy.
#19. Women cannot wear false teeth in Vermont, USA without their husband’s written permission.
#20. In Arcadia, Greece, women are banned from drinking coffee after 6 p.m.
#21. A law in La Paz, Bolivia, forbids married women from drinking wine. However, she is allowed a little wine, if her husband is present at the occasion. But, if the husband thinks she has had a sip too many, he can divorce her citing her morally and sexually lax behaviour.
#22. Women are banned from proposing marriage to a man in Whitesville, Delaware, USA.
#23. A woman cannot drive a car in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. However, she could drive should there be man in front of her car, while waving a red flag to warn other cars.
#24. Chinese hotels ban women from walking around nude in rooms.
#25. Women below 40 years were banned from shopping in Asara village, UP. The panchayat also advised against the use of mobile phones by girls.
#26. A woman cannot wear pants in Tucson, Arizona, USA.
#27. There is a ban on women ordering drinks after 10 p.m. in Andhra Pradesh and women cannot even stay in pubs or clubs after that curfew period.
#28. Afghanistani women are prohibited from applying nail varnish, laughing loudly, wearing heels and gathering together on festive occasions.
#29. Women are forbidden from watching football in Iran.
#30. Women are prohibited from wearing corsets in Missouri while in Virginia-Norfolk, USA, they are banned from walking around without wearing a corset after sundown.
#31. In Michigan, USA, do not head to the salon-women here cannot cut their hair without their husband’s permission.
Top 31 Bizarre And Shocking Laws Against Women Around The World
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