India, June 5 -- A newspaper in Hungary asked its readers to submit photographs of women in short skirts, sparking protests and condemnation from women's rights groups. According to a report in Hungarian news website Telex, Metropol newspaper published a photo spread of women in shorts skirts in its June 4 issue.

The photographs appeared to have been taken without the knowledge or consent of the subjects.

The photo spread appeared in Metropol's infamous 'Take a photo and send it in!' column which has previously faced scrutiny for targeting vulnerable groups.

"The shorter, the better" declared the provocative headline accompanying the pictures. The article below the headline read, "this statement is certainly true for fashion, if not fo...