Specs not sex: New glasses blur women for Orthodox Jews

**claud3** · 08-09-2012

Pious Jews tempted by scantily clad girls strutting through their neighborhoods can take heart: an ultra-Orthodox organization has developed blurry spectacles that will literally put beautiful women out of sight, if not out of mind.

Stores in Jerusalem’s ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Sharim will soon start stocking glasses that leaves one’s immediate vision intact, but makes everything beyond 10 feet completely out of focus, Yedioth Ahronoth’s Hebrew website Mynet reports.

For those cursed with 20/20 vision, the organization provides a pair of non-prescription spectacles at a price of $32.50, onto which two semi-transparent stickers can be slapped.

And if their vision is already failing them, the stickers can be applied to the lenses of prescription glasses, leaving the wearer even more myopic than they were before.

Mea Sharim has long been known as an ultra-Orthodox sanctuary where modesty posters are the norm and life revolves around strict adherence to Jewish law.

Striving to maintain their wholly devout lifestyle, the community practices de facto sexual segregation on buses, sidewalks and in other public places, though they have had less luck imposing their rules on outsiders.

Out of step with the surrounding world, the Orthodox community’s unofficial “modesty patrols” are hoping the glasses will help the sexually tempted men take matters into their own hands.

For those forced to travel outside their communities, especially on airplanes and public transport where they could be seated next to anyone, hoods and shields are on offer that will block out the wearer’s peripheral vision.

But for those young bachelors hoping to find a soul mate, love at first sight might now be out of the question.

http://www.rt.com/news/blurry-glasse...odox-jews-195/

LMFAO

**RaY_210** · 08-09-2012

Out of step with the surrounding world, the Orthodox community’s unofficial “modesty patrols” are hoping the glasses will help the sexually tempted men take matters into their own hands.

Best line of the article! lol

**Fon** · 08-09-2012

There's nothing wrong with sexual desires. It's part of what we are regardless of what ethic group or religion one is from.

**Kuro** · 08-09-2012

Yes another weird article ..lol

**claud3** · 08-09-2012

have two middle names, depression and weirdness

So day i am claud3 weirdness

**Kuro** · 08-09-2012

Weird suits you better man.

**claud3** · 08-09-2012

But glass, why not an empty island and a bunch of their favourite books. That will help them out

**Kuro** · 08-09-2012

I don't think anyone wants to be segregated into an island by themselves unless they wanted to just to avoid beautiful women.

**DeviousOne** · 08-09-2012

Walking a fine line here sir LOL

**claud3** · 08-09-2012

Ladies are ladies, men are men and its a natural thing to be horny about the opposite sex

**Kuro** · 08-09-2012

Unless they swing the other way.

**RaY_210** · 08-09-2012

Or sometimes the same lol

**DeviousOne** · 08-09-2012

Or cars

**Royals** · 08-09-2012

Or.......animals.......

**Kuro** · 08-09-2012

Dolphins

**DeviousOne** · 08-09-2012

Dolphins are sexy!

**Kuro** · 08-09-2012

Lmao..what a turn of events

**claud3** · 08-09-2012

Or they just like cheese

**DreDayDetox** · 08-09-2012

What's really crazy about this is that this isn't even The Onion.

**Fon** · 08-09-2012

Whenever I see, zzkurozz, DeviousOne and claud3 in one thread, I know shit will get good.

**claud3** · 08-09-2012

The three cocktails of quality

**HellsJester** · 08-09-2012

Your steps to success

Step 1 - Steal this technology
Step 2 - Reverse it so you can only see women
Step 3 - Put a price on it and sell it to all straight men and lesbians
Step 4 - Become a legend