A Zimbabwean politician has said that women should be forced to bathe less and shave off their hair to make them less attractive to men and help curb the spread of HIV

Senator Morgan Femai told a conference that he believed the killer disease had spread because men found it difficult to resist attractive and well-dressed women. The politician added that new laws should be drawn up compelling women to make themselves less attractive to save men from themselves. Zimbabwe has suffered from a major HIV crisis in recent decades, with around 14% of the population believed to be living with the sexually-transmitted disease. Hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans are believed to be HIV positive or suffering from AIDS.