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 • 2 years ago

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

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Auth-left calls it decadence, auth-right calls it degeneracy. Authoritarians hate any deviance from their norms.

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