<p>The fair sex will face fines of up to 500 euros (about $695) under new rules to be introduced in an Italian town, the Daily Telegraph reported. <br /><br />In a move sharply at odds with a country which produced the likes of Monica Bellucci and Sophia Loren, the town of Castellammare di Stabia, near Naples, intends to prohibit women from wearing provocative clothing. <br /><br />The town's council also wants to ban men and women from wearing low-slung jeans as part of a list of 41 new rules that "every good citizen must respect", the report said. <br /><br />Luigi Bobbio, the mayor, said it was all part of an effort to "restore urban decorum and improve coexistence" by targeting people who were "rowdy, unruly or simply badly behaved". <br /><br />Playing football in parks and gardens and swearing in public will also be banned under new regulations which will be put forward for approval at a council meeting Monday. <br />If the new regulations are approved, offenders will face fines of between 25 and 500 euros. <br /><br />Italy has become entangled in a web of petty rules and regulations in the last two years after the government of Silvio Berlusconi gave councils extra powers to tailor laws to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour. <br /><br />Across the nation, towns have banned a range of seemingly innocuous activities such as building sandcastles on the beach, kissing in cars and feeding stray cats.</p>
<p>The fair sex will face fines of up to 500 euros (about $695) under new rules to be introduced in an Italian town, the Daily Telegraph reported. <br /><br />In a move sharply at odds with a country which produced the likes of Monica Bellucci and Sophia Loren, the town of Castellammare di Stabia, near Naples, intends to prohibit women from wearing provocative clothing. <br /><br />The town's council also wants to ban men and women from wearing low-slung jeans as part of a list of 41 new rules that "every good citizen must respect", the report said. <br /><br />Luigi Bobbio, the mayor, said it was all part of an effort to "restore urban decorum and improve coexistence" by targeting people who were "rowdy, unruly or simply badly behaved". <br /><br />Playing football in parks and gardens and swearing in public will also be banned under new regulations which will be put forward for approval at a council meeting Monday. <br />If the new regulations are approved, offenders will face fines of between 25 and 500 euros. <br /><br />Italy has become entangled in a web of petty rules and regulations in the last two years after the government of Silvio Berlusconi gave councils extra powers to tailor laws to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour. <br /><br />Across the nation, towns have banned a range of seemingly innocuous activities such as building sandcastles on the beach, kissing in cars and feeding stray cats.</p>