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Originally Posted by Eboni Khan  It would make more sense that they would try to free women of burqas for public safety reasons, than it being degrading. Public safety is harder to argue with than degrading which is debatable. |
Good point, but this is a tactical point rather than ideological. However French lawmakers sell it, the actual objective is to get the women out of those potato sacks.
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Originally Posted by Eboni Khan Being covered head to toe can't be anymore degrading than waxing, plucking, tucking, stuffing, pushing, shellacking, dyeing, and squeezing yourself into an unnatural form to confirm to modern beauty standards. One devil is not better than the next. |
Well if wearing a burka meant you didn't
have to do all that stuff, then sign me up! But I assume the husbands of Muslim women aren't too pleased when they unwrap their little present and find a yeti on the marital bead.