Packing for Paris? Old law bans pants for women
PARIS (AP) - If it isn't already daunting enough to pack for a trip to fashionable Paris, female visitors, beware: It's illegal to wear pants.
So says a law dating from 1800 that has never been taken off the books - only relaxed to allow women the comfort of two legs when riding bicycles or horses.
French parliamentarians have occasionally pushed for the law to be set aside, and a senator from the opposition UMP party recently asked again for the government to do just that.
The Ministry for Women's Rights said what everyone was thinking last week: This law has been superseded by other laws, including the Constitution's commitment to equal rights.
But the ministry said it remains on the books "as an element of the archives kept by the Paris police."
So says a law dating from 1800 that has never been taken off the books - only relaxed to allow women the comfort of two legs when riding bicycles or horses.
French parliamentarians have occasionally pushed for the law to be set aside, and a senator from the opposition UMP party recently asked again for the government to do just that.
The Ministry for Women's Rights said what everyone was thinking last week: This law has been superseded by other laws, including the Constitution's commitment to equal rights.
But the ministry said it remains on the books "as an element of the archives kept by the Paris police."
Je veux retourner en France
 @WendyTeagarden ????
Are you speaking Russian again?
@Kushfan No way!!! I learned my lesson....
Can we have a reverse angle shot of that pic?
@Kushfan The girl on the left IS walking away fron the camera.
 @WendyTeagarden  Yeah, You notice they cut off her tush.
 @WendyTeagarden They're wearing shoes?
@Kushfan Actually, I was interested in her shoes
Jack Sheldon said "I like women that wear leather pants, because when she takes them off, she smells like a new car"!
I don't have any problem with woman not wearing any pants.