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North Korea punishes women for wearing shorts, declaring them ‘capitalist fashion’

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North Korea punishes women for wearing shorts, declaring them ‘capitalist fashion’

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World News@beehaw.org · 2 years ago

Men can continue to wear shorts as they please, but women must maintain ‘socialist etiquette.’

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North Korea trying to prevent us from winning a cultural victory
- awwwyissss@lemm.ee
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  More like men want to control how women dress across cultures, and in authoritarian prison countries it’s much worse.

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