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    An Acehnese sharia police officer stands guard as a woman caught wearing pants changes into a government-issued skirt at a check point in Pasi Jambu, West Aceh, Indonesia, Thursday, May 27, 2010. Authorities in the devoutly Islamic district of Indonesia's Aceh province have distributed 20,000 long skirts and prohibited shops from selling tight dresses as a regulation banning Muslim women from wearing revealing clothing took effect Thursday.

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    What do you think of this province of Indonesia mandating non-revealing clothes for women?

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    Unfortunately, that's where it starts.  First you can't wear pants, uncover your head.  Then it's you can't work, wear makeup, or leave the house without a man.  I agree that the world has bigger problems than a country imposing sexist laws, but we should all be aware of the inequality between me …

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