An Indian man sought divorce on the grounds that his wife subjected him to 'cruelty' by wearing trousers to work against his will.

Furthermore, court heard that she refused him sex once over the course of their three year marriage. However, the High Court accepted the woman's explanation that she was on her menstrual cycle.


From Cricket to the Kitchen

Cricket superstar Shahid Afridi has said that a woman's place is not on the cricket pitch.
When asked about his opinion on women’s cricket in Peshawar, the Pakistani icon said, 'Pakistani women are great cooks. They should stick to cooking.'

And speaking of progressive and charming men...


Facilitate the Second Wife

The chairman of the Council of Islamic Ideology has said that Pakistani  laws regarding second marriage of a man in the presence of first wife were against religious principles,

'Sharia allows men to have more than one wife and we demanded that the government should amend the law to make the issue of more than one marriage easy and in accordance with Sharia.'

Sigh...men..


Hanif Kureshi Teaches Pessimism

The Buddha of Suburbia author Hanif Kureishi, also creative writing teacher has said that Creative Writing courses are a "waste of time." If that wasn't confusing enough, the literary award winning cynic went on to say,

"A lot of my students just can't tell a story. It's probably 99.9 per cent who are not talented and the little bit that is left is talent.

"They can write sentences but they don't know how to make a story go from there all the way through to the end without people dying of boredom in between. It's a difficult thing to do and it's a great skill to have. Can you teach that? I don't think you can."
If ever there was a positive role model...


Spotted...

Wife wanted for son. He is 5'4. Only fair skinned girls who are 5'3 or under should apply. No-one over 5'3 will be considered. Son is well behaved. Wife should cook with a smile on her face.