[Fzob]

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"Appearing naked before a camera or television is not women's freedom but in my opinion is to entertain men," Minister Habiba Surabi said.

"We condemn Vida Samadzai, she is not representing Afghanistan's women, and this is not women's freedom."

Surabi said according to Afghan culture women should not demonstrate their worth using their "beauty or bodies" but by their skills and knowledge.

"In the name of women's freedom, what this Afghan girl has done is not freedom but is lascivious," the minister said.

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Outside of the technical issue that she is not naked, I'm finding it hard to find something in these statements I strongly disagree with. Calling her lascivious is a bit over the top though.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

"Appearing naked before a camera or television is not women's freedom but in my opinion is to entertain men," Minister Habiba Surabi said.

How can you possibly disagree with that? I'd say it is spot on. Take the statement as if he were actually talking about naked women, perhaps commenting on the porn industry and not Miss Afghanistan in a bathing suit (that's no bikini BTW).

[King Prout]

the meaning of the word "naked" has been highly variable acrosse time and cultures. She'd have been considered naked by the Puritans, for example.