Woman Calls Police To Arrest Neighbor For Drying Her Underwear Out In The Garden

Sep 24, 2021 by apost team

Living close to your neighbors can be frustrating. At times, they forget to bring their trash cans in or will park in front of your house, forcing you to park down the street instead. These little annoyances can be grating, but the majority of people would not choose to get the police involved. However, one woman did just that when her 23-year-old neighbor kept hanging her laundry outside to dry, and everyone could see her underwear. 

Yuvitza, 42, was mostly concerned about her husband looking at the underwear, which she caught him doing on occasion. Apparently, the wife was worried her husband would be seduced by the underwear. And by hanging it where it was visible, the younger woman was acting immoral and obscene, Yuvitza thought, according to the Columbian news outlet El Heraldo's August 2021 reporting.

The police in the Quintana Roo state of Mexico arrived at the house just in case there was a crime occurring, but they ultimately determined there was nothing wrong with what this young woman was doing. Because no law was being broken, the police were unable to take any action against the 23-year-old. They also suggested to Yuvitza that she try to speak with her neighbor and husband before filing a formal complaint.

The issue at hand here is not that the woman was hanging her underwear outside but that she was shamed and accused of a crime for doing so. Gender discrimination based on clothing worn by women is common and often seen in workplaces and schools. One example occurred in June 2021 when a university reprimanded a medical student for wearing a form-fitting dress that showed her lower legs.

Yuvitza E, the 42-year-old wife behind the complaint, offered the police several arguments why her neighbor's behavior was, in fact, criminal and worthy of punishment.

Among these reasons, so the Sun reports, was the fact that her younger neighbor supposedly always washed her underwear on purpose on Saturdays. This, Yuvitza argued, was because her neighbor knew that Saturdays were the one day of the week her husband had off, thus giving him ample time and opportunity to look at the 23-year-olds underwear.

Another reason Yuvitza cited was the fact that the 23-year-old put out thongs and other pretty pieces of underwear. In addition, she had found her husband staring out the windows of their home on several occasions, looking at their neighbor's clothesline.

Yuvitza also mentioned that she had already spoken to her neighbor about her behavior but had been rebuffed. How her neighbor answered her accusations was not explained in detail.

It's completely understandable that a wife will get upset if she perceives another woman "making the moves" on her husband. However, as the police explained, even if her neighbor were doing all of this deliberately, it would still not be a criminal offense. Instead, the police strongly recommended talking it out with her neighbor - and her husband, who is surely master of his own actions.

It's sadly not a rare occurrence, even in modern times, that women can get unfairly judged for their clothing. Even today, admonishments to not wear "too revealing" clothes are made, even when the clothes in question are not indecent or not fitting the occasion.

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Twitter user GraduateMedic wore a black knee-length dress to an exam and was penalized for it. Her friend MedicGrandpa on Twitter posted a picture of the dress and said: "A friend did their OSCEs with me recently & got yellow carded for wearing a 'short skirt'… could someone explain to me how it's 2021 & medical schools are still pushing sexist notions of primness upon their female student cohort, for daring to display their ankles."

GraduateMedic said in response in September 2021, "Update: I complained to the university, their response was 'it was the most inappropriate dress they had ever seen' and then stated that the examiner's word is final and the investigation is closed-- isn't discrimination lovely." It was also noted that the "role-play patient" from the exam also complained about the dress.

Below the tweet, she continued: "I would also add that the complaint details that I wasn't wearing leg coverings, and subsequently that they wouldn't want me to treat their friends or a family member because of it." The institution involved in the situation is New Castle University, and it has been reported that they later apologized and rescinded the reprimand. 

Another medical professional commented on the situation. Ben Chadwick on Twitter said: "I'd ask to see their policy for the dress code for clinical attachments. That looks entirely appropriate to me. Certainly looks a lot smarter than I usually do!" 

The conversation surrounding women's clothing remains complicated and fraught with controversy. Luckily, neither of these women were held accountable for crimes they did not commit.

What do you think of these two stories? Would you be offended if someone hung their underwear outside to dry where you could see it? Let us know your opinion, and feel free to pass this on to your friends and family.