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[–]pasmeme 166 points167 points ago

There goes that whole theory about modesty preventing lust.

[–]nugz85 130 points131 points ago

NOT MODEST ENOUGH! HER FEET MUST BE CUT OFF, AND ALL WOMEN MUST NOW WEAR LITTLE BURKAS FOR THEIR FEET!

[–]pasmeme 47 points48 points ago

I can see this being sponsored by uggs.

[–]nichts_neues 46 points47 points ago

That would definitely prevent lust.

[–]biggerx 3 points4 points ago

Especially after they get whiff of her feet D:

[–]englad 8 points9 points ago

you mean shoes?

[–]Titties 44 points45 points ago

Body parts that are always covered up create lust. Just look at boobs in western society. These assholes objectify women to the point of not even being human any more.

[–][deleted] 14 points15 points ago

I wonder what their opinion of some african tribes are. the kind you see with body parts flopping about on the cover of national geographic. its sooooo not about 'omg so hot sexy fufufufu' to them. just babby-feeders.

[–]Downvote_my_Comments 8 points9 points ago

Yeah, I totally never understood that either. My pepperoni nipples can be seen by anyone, willing or unwilling, as I am a guy, but a girl has to wait 18 years to show hers? Seems unfair...

[–]gaunten 7 points8 points ago

Not 18 years, just the period between when her boobs start growing and when she turns 18. I mean, you don't hear people complaining about little flat-breasted girls running around playing on a hot summer day without a bra?

[–]Downvote_my_Comments 8 points9 points ago

So as soon as they start protruding from the chest is when all hell breaks loose?

[–]gaunten 5 points6 points ago

That's pretty much it yea.

[–]agnostics_make_sense 1 point2 points ago

The same thing happens to me as a guy, just lower.

[–]SARAborenRAWR -5 points-4 points ago

Ps its the little boys who let loose the hell. The girls are just curssed to be on the opposite team. There should be a continent where men are not allowed to go. Im serious.

[–]Phar-a-ON 3 points4 points ago

What are you, 12? Yeah you totally understand life from all that school drama, but how are you going to stop cooties from getting to your island?

Pathetic, closed-minded ignoramus. Had to log in to tell you to GROW UP

[–]WaitingForClients 1 point2 points ago

I love you.

[–]SARAborenRAWR -2 points-1 points ago

Yes im 12 <3 it would be obsurd to think a woman would want a place where she didnt have to worry about men (o_O)

[–]DavidByron 0 points1 point ago

So you're a sex segregationist?

[–]SARAborenRAWR 0 points1 point ago

I think it would be awesome if women had a place where we could go and never be raped or paid less than our peers. If it makes you feel better men should have their own country too. Then they wouldnt... Have to get raped... Wait youll still have rape.

[–]TPUBGU 2 points3 points ago

That's not true. We are attracted to healthy looking, big ass titties because its a evolutionary asset- not because they are covered up. A mother with big boobs can nurse the shit out of my offspring.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

Yep. Proof: the more naked I am all the time, the less the boyfriend cares. It's awesome!

[–]pasmeme 1 point2 points ago

Tits can't talk. They are to be seen. Not heard.

[–]BHSPitMonkey 0 points1 point ago

Very true, Titties.

[–]Thaumatology 0 points1 point ago

If boob lust is wrong, I am ok with that...

[–]mepardo 14 points15 points ago

Having lived in a majority Muslim country for a year, I can totally say that covering up does not change how often or with what intent I look at women in general. What it does do, however, is make me look a lot more at the ones wearing less clothing, but I think that's mostly just because they're out of place. Also, I'd probably be more likely to try to hit on a girl wearing less because at least I know she's not super religious and maybe (obviously not certainly, but maybe) more liberal sexually/romantically. Same way I'd be more likely to hit on a girl drinking alcohol. Whereas in the states I would give little to no fucks about what a girl was wearing or whether or not she drank.

That said, I was at a beach resort a few months ago with tons of foreign ladies walkin around wearing bathing suits and other small amounts of clothing, and I still found myself looking at a fully covered woman (like those in this picture) who had very pretty eyes and her covering (idk what these would be. I don't think they're burkas. chador? whatever) cinched at the waist so you could get the most basic idea of a figure.

So, from my point of view, MYTH BUSTED, wear what you want, ladies!

Oh, and you know what creates lust? Sexually repressive societies with strict gender roles and a lack of public dialogue about sex.

[–]emperorpotatoketchup -1 points0 points ago

I think lust is natural and exists regardless of how we force women to dress. I think the extreme muslim dress code is more about mediating aggression between males and determining paternity anyway, not about controlling lust.

[–]MeloJelo 5 points6 points ago

Weird that the religious police in Saudi Arabia ordered a woman to cover her eyes because she was inspiring lust in men's hearts because she had seductive eyes. Note, she was fully covered besides that.

[–]tinyirishgirl 5 points6 points ago

I just don't understand. Are these religious police seriously saying that men are such uncontrollable babies with no mental abilities at all to take control of their own behavior and their own bodies that they have to have, must absolutely have the rest of the human race duct taped completely head to foot with black tablecloths? Are they really admitting to being just overgrown infants with no means of thinking like a rational adult human?

[–]binocusecond 5 points6 points ago

that is EXACTLY what they are saying. It's the same thing that keeps repressed fundies railing against gays -- their subconscious knowledge of their own lack of impulse control.

[–]Bio-ScienceGuy -1 points0 points ago

You have only been there a year. I hardly think that experience equates to being born and raised in that environment.

[–]mepardo 2 points3 points ago

Fair, but I've seen and heard plenty of guys here look at and talk about women and catcall, covered or not. I've also heard more people here talk about going to see prostitutes and going to brothels than I ever have back home. Really makes you start to resent the "sex-crazed American" stereotype. Also heard plenty about how some covered girls will do anal to get around the whole virginity thing (sounds similar to what I've heard about some conservative Christians. see, we're not so different after all!), which sounds downright dangerous considering how little people talk about sex here and the possibilities of things going terribly wrong doing that for the first time.

From what I've seen, there's no lack of lust here. And when you draw that barrier between men and women, and make it physical, it only lessens mutual understanding and is, in general, bad for a healthy sexual atmosphere.

[–]prettymuchattheend 2 points3 points ago

I thought you were going to say there goes the neighbor hood.

[–]Cresent04 4 points5 points ago

False. There is no explosive here.

[–]Amunium -1 points0 points ago

Reminds me of this scene.

[–]cotton_here 76 points77 points ago

Her Achilles heel was their Achilles heel.

[–]lfancypantsl 30 points31 points ago

[–]puckout 20 points21 points ago

[–]pasmeme 7 points8 points ago

so very tragically accurate

[–]Negro_Napoleon -3 points-2 points ago

dem cankles

[–]prancing_produce -4 points-3 points ago

Say what you want, but an Achilles heel can be pretty sexy. Makes my Trojan horse wooden and full of sea men.

[–]ruining_ur_worldview 47 points48 points ago

Woah high heels. Fucking whore.

[–]kinematografi 11 points12 points ago

Those are called wedges.

[–]tacorific 26 points27 points ago

Dat incredibly narrow eye window. :F

[–]hurdur1 18 points19 points ago

She was later stoned for being a whore.

[–]kvino 13 points14 points ago

Time for betoeing

[–]dumnezero 8 points9 points ago

I wonder if foot fetish is more common in such a country...

[–]jherazob 1 point2 points ago

Apparently it's common in situations with lots of communicable diseases, like the plague and similar things, there was a TIL post (i think it was TIL, not sure) about it the other day

[–]fountainsoda 1 point2 points ago

I don't see the correlation. What's it?

[–]dumnezero 0 points1 point ago

like an STD

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

I don't know. Are face fetishes common in western culture?

[–]reborn8u 7 points8 points ago

She is a little old for these guys, but she has the feet of a 9 year old.

[–]Wilki 18 points19 points ago

this is so good. why does it not have more upvotes

[–]resolution 23 points24 points ago

Because this one is actually funny.

[–]strawnotrazz 8 points9 points ago

The guy on the right is actually looking down right at 'em. Must have a fetish (who can blame him).

[–]mper100 9 points10 points ago

Because it was first posted in... 1994?

[–]IceK1ng 2 points3 points ago

Because this is /r/atheism and not /r/funny.

[–]RinconDrone -1 points0 points ago

Because it's a repost.

[–]nasty_goreng 5 points6 points ago

I sometimes wonder what would happen if these types of guys come to Miami.

[–]Bluedemonfox 5 points6 points ago

would would be crawling on the floor jizzing 24/7 and die from dehydration.

[–]NextStem 6 points7 points ago

Well, about a year ago an African man (unbeknowing of Western culture on women) came to Belgium. Sitting on a tram he got so filled with lust that he could not control himself and while trying to get out of the tram to save him an embarrassment, he ended up jizzing on some 12yo girls' hair on the way out and then got arrested. True story :/

[–]fountainsoda 4 points5 points ago

Er, did he not have pants on?

[–]DoorIntoSummer 1 point2 points ago

Source?

[–]NextStem 0 points1 point ago

Trying to find the original, so far i've found a followup article on his "punishment" clicky

Apparently they did not know much about the story back then. I remember one of the articles saying he hit maybe 2 or 3 people on his way out, one of which was a girl. Seems it was actually a 13yo boy that was targetted on purpose. He claimed he got aroused by some girls that were rubbing up to him, his zipper was open accidently and he has no idea how it got out.

Camera footage actually shows him walking up real close to the boy in question. Boy then asked and received €450 to clean his clothes and €1 for moral damages. Another antwerp blog mentions (quite unhappily) that the jailsentence was suspended because it could possibly interfere with his application to become a national.

[–]803matt 2 points3 points ago

Damn, I take one day off of r/atheism and the whole things goes on an anti-Islam kick overnight. I'm loving it.

[–]ChuckNorrisEPIC 7 points8 points ago

Rape is iminent

[–]Avohaj 14 points15 points ago

Moments later - you may now kiss the bride!

[–]bloopeeriod 1 point2 points ago

They're all like: I'd rape that.

[–]EnidColeslawToo 1 point2 points ago

Does this absolutely TERRIFY anyone else? As a young western woman, I’ve heard all the cat calls, felt eyes on me, been a bit uncomfortable on occasion – but those lecherous looks just made my blood run cold (I literally got goosebumps looking at that photo).

I’ve heard Islamic women talk about their hijabs – I had a teacher (who, mind you, DIDN’T wear a hijab) in high school who kept insisting women WANTED to wear them to feel safe. Yeah, because that woman looks totally “safe” in that photo…

[–]CGord 6 points7 points ago

I cannot understand the fear of other men looking at your woman enough to be willing to NOT BE ABLE TO LOOK AT OTHER MEN'S WOMEN.

[–]Paranoidexboyfriend 5 points6 points ago

Well apparently these men take property rights very seriously

[–]SARAborenRAWR 1 point2 points ago

I dont understand how you still see this as a mens issue. Fuck men. Wear what you want. If they rape you then kill them. New world order.

[–]MasterAardwolf 4 points5 points ago

So that's where the foot fetish originated from!

[–]dumnezero 1 point2 points ago

and probably chlamydia

[–]ioncloud9 1 point2 points ago

So what ever happened to castrating the men to prevent lust instead?

[–]SARAborenRAWR 1 point2 points ago

Mysogeny.

[–]ucofresh 2 points3 points ago

That is so fucked up.. And kinda funny. They're in shorts and tees and that bitch has to walk around in an entire bed sheet. Crazy how amazing religion is.

[–]SARAborenRAWR 1 point2 points ago

This is possibly the creepiest most disturbing thing ive seen as far as men oogling over women. These men proclaim that women are the dirty ones and must hide themselves (in the fucking desert) but even after forcing them to completely cover themselves from head to toe, they still dont seam to see anything wrong with oogling at the only bare skin left. Can they really not see that it is their behavior that causes this social imbalance? It happens to a lesser degree over here (women are sluts/whores but the men they sleep with are not) and our men dont seam to get it. Men: crazy or twisted and fucked up?

[–]DavidByron -2 points-1 points ago

You seem to have a lot of irrational hate against men.

[–]SARAborenRAWR 0 points1 point ago

How is being upset that women are blamed for rape irrational?

[–]DavidByron -2 points-1 points ago

Nobody blames women for rape except you feminists. It's one of your irrational anti-male conspiracy theories. It never happens in real life ever. Unless you mean women rapists, which you probably pretend don't even exist.

And btw? If you downrate another of my comments I'm ending this conversation. It's pathetic behaviour even for a kid like you. As a result I can't comment on this thread except every ten minutes and frankly you're not worth the extra effort needed for that.

[–]SARAborenRAWR 0 points1 point ago

Please end your stupidity now

[–]Majouli -1 points0 points ago

Get me some fire...we need to burn her for her sins.

[–]Artificialx 4 points5 points ago

They don't do that. They throw acid in your face instead.

[–]Majouli 0 points1 point ago

Oh..sry, guess i am oldfashioned.

[–]Artificialx -1 points0 points ago

Get with the times Grandad!!!

[–]dirtydave71 1 point2 points ago

Oh shit, someone is about to be stoned.

[–]gonwi42 0 points1 point ago

if i understand correctly, she is violating islamic law by being in public without her husband present. they are permitted to rape her if they please

[–]dumnezero 2 points3 points ago

he might be a few paces in front of her

[–]PureBlooded 0 points1 point ago

Completely false.

[–]nasty_goreng -2 points-1 points ago

Really? Citation?

[–]Bluedemonfox 7 points8 points ago

American dad, "Stan of Arabia"

[–]svenniola 0 points1 point ago

you can still see the shape of her body, how the legs are, how fine the boobies.

how her ass looks.

only thing the burka does is promote the imagination.

[–]jimjoebob 1 point2 points ago

my father, a devout, lifelong Catholic, got a job in Malaysia when I was in high school. he was teaching college kids there, many of whom were Muslim women wearing their hijab/burqa, etc.

One day he came home and said "MAN! I was walking across campus today and the wind blew a little bit. It blew up the dress of a burqa-wearing lady and I GOT TO SEE SOME OF HER ANKLE! MAN was I turned on! here's 10 bucks, kid go see a movie for a couple hours....."

[–]PhoenixPaladin 0 points1 point ago

DAT ANKLE

[–]kindabiglie 0 points1 point ago

dose toes?

[–]JackRawlinson 1 point2 points ago

Good to see how well the black sacks deal with the problem of lecherous males, eh?

[–]HibbieJibbies 0 points1 point ago

The world is full of perverts, and just because these two live in a Muslim community does not mean they live by such belief. Everyone has a choice to believe what they want, just like in the most civilized country even if you're surrounded by Christians or Catholics you can choose to not follow and go your own path. You can be righteous, you can be corrupt, and you can be evil, be you Christian, Catholic, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, Agnostic, Atheist, or a member of Scientology. This picture, in my eyes, is a failed attempt to make religion look bad, of course, with the overall hate in this subreddit towards religion, it can be safe to say you're all here to judge a mass group because of individual actions, if this is so then you're just as bad as the people you judge.All it can be inferred is that corruption can happen no matter what race or religion you are, because we are all human.

[–]MeloJelo -2 points-1 points ago

You can be righteous, you can be corrupt, and you can be evil, be you Christian, Catholic, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, Agnostic, Atheist, or a member of Scientology.

But no matter what you are, you shouldn't force your beliefs on others based on reasoning from religion or personal feelings.

For instance, you shouldn't force half of your country's population to wear burkhas to "protect them" and not allow them to leave their homes without escort from male members of their family in order to "protect their honor" from men they might tempt with their seductive female features.

[–]HibbieJibbies 0 points1 point ago

Yes, there's always going to be people who are wrong about the way they handle certain aspects of life. There's always going to be headstrong individuals who want to force their beliefs upon others, for God's sake every war I can think of has to do with one group trying to force their belief, way of life, or just outright justify their cause to protect their "honor, freedom, and personal interest".

[–]EscherTheLizard 0 points1 point ago

I hope no one stoned her to death...

[–]Ryo95 0 points1 point ago

Eccleston? That is Eccleston! Freakin' timetraveller..

[–]naylord 0 points1 point ago

More like DAT HEEL!

[–]tsenaku 0 points1 point ago

I was born into a Muslim family and I found a lot of these posts a little excessive. Because of that I tried not to upvote or downvote any of these posts. Except for this one. This one wins.

[–]beforeiimplode -1 points0 points ago

So great.

[–]floppyears57 -2 points-1 points ago

That made me laugh way too much.

[–]unorthodoxme -5 points-4 points ago

The last part is cut off. It goes, Dem toes are showing, you must die!

[–]Amokmanden -4 points-3 points ago

So what you are saying is that completely covering up all the women doesn't make the primal lust disappear? Why surely no!

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[–]fmyasitch 8 points9 points ago

Please don't post stuff like this. It's the reason going through comments sucks.

[–]Had2ChangeMyUsername -4 points-3 points ago

Ok it's a funny picture but what does it have to do with atheism?

[–]bacon_and_mango 6 points7 points ago

It's here because although the image is superficially funny, after some consideration it is depressingly tragic. Consider the misery of the society this picture represents - the spiritual and cultural destitution. The fact that other women in such cultures have been stoned or raped for similar exposure of flesh. The fact that the men in society are trained from birth to have an "Allah-given" superiority and mastery over women. They cannot have a mature mutually respectful relationship with a woman - any woman (except perhaps their mother) that we would consider normal in Europe.. And the women who have to live with and suffer the oppression of misogenistic bigots. We cannot stand by, with muted acquiescence, to such misery. Our solution to this cultural bancrupcy? Atheism.

[–]6footgirl 0 points1 point ago

...something about clothing rules being inside religious textbooks?

[–]Had2ChangeMyUsername -4 points-3 points ago

Oh yeah sorry i forgot /r/atheism was full of bigots.

[–]Artificialx 3 points4 points ago

I don't think you know what "bigotry" means. Taking the piss is not bigotry.

[–]6footgirl 1 point2 points ago

it is?

[–]Bluedemonfox 0 points1 point ago

Nothing has to do with Atheism really.

[–]Plastastic -2 points-1 points ago

Atheism!

[–]moriquendo -1 points0 points ago

Thanks to the Internet the religious police apprehended them all and made sure they received their punishment. No mercy was shown.

[–]OverlappingNom -3 points-2 points ago

Its funny because I'm currently living in Turkey where I see these women all the time... its ironic to see this photo, because of how annoying it gets when women walk around looking like overweight penguin/crow hybrids, with little aliens (the children) following them around.

[–]Snaffubaby -5 points-4 points ago

upvote to you sir

[–]I_read_a_lot -3 points-2 points ago

In fact, I think that the burqa promotes raping. You add to the sex pulse the unpacking present joy.

[–]StewieChrisJ -1 points0 points ago

STONE HER!!!! SHE IS SHOWING HER TOES!!!! WHORE!!!! -sarcasm-

[–]conspiracy_police -2 points-1 points ago

now I understand the whole foot fetish porn category!

[–]awesomeck -3 points-2 points ago

Oh no, did she violate a religious code right there

[–]Revvy -4 points-3 points ago

Neither of them are looking at her toes.

[–]nasawn12 -1 points0 points ago

lol hilarious