Hemlines in Uganda

According to an article in the Mail & Guardian, the Ugandan government is again considering criminalizing women’s attire “above the knee.”   Certainly, hemlines have fluctuated, as show in the graph below (via).

 

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But the difference between fashion and state mandated attire is a crucial one.  Uganda’s effort is part of an anti-pornography bill that would also censor images in the media and on the internet.