We didn't think we'd ever hear of someone fighting for their right to do laundry – it is, after all, one of life's dullest chores – but in the case of the male students at a Spanish college in Madird, it's an entirely necessary battle.
Because of some archaic code of conduct at the Duque de Ahumada de la Guardia Civil residence in Mardrid, the menfolk are forbidden from washing their own undies/sheets/clothes. So what do they do if they don't want to stink out the lecture hall with their dirty garms? Yep, you guessed it – they have to quietly get the women to do it.
If the male students are caught using the washing machines, they could face 'expulsion, ranging from 15 days to three months, from the residence.'
However, the association that represents the residence, which caters for the children and grandchildren of Guardia Civil officers, is asking for the rules to be changed. 'What is being asked of residents is obsolete, unjust, sexist and borderline ridiculous,' Francisco Cecilia, of the Unified Guardia Civil Association told El Mundo. 'In today's world, it makes no sense that male residents would have to secretly pass their clothes to a female or visit a laundromat to do their laundry .'
We'd have to agree with you there, Francisco.
Picture: Rex
This article originally appeared on The Debrief.