Ban the Burkini

[abaris]

We can discourage the ideas around female repression and sexual modesty sure, but we can't literally force people. It's not going to encourage people to see it the way we do.

It's on the same lines as the constant qustions on how can I deconvert X or Y? How can I pull this or that relative or friend away from religion? The answer's always the same. If you try to shove something down their throats, a video, a story or anything along these lines, they just will get defensive and feel their faith threatened and get all the more firm in their believes.

Same with these women. Apart from the degrading aspect of forcing them into revealing themselves in public, it will make them defensive. That's even true for someone who didn't originally make the choice of dressing that way. It will be a shameful and degrading moment. And very much on the same lines as the ones originally forcing them into that dress code. It's done by force, and even more importantly, in public by the authorities.

I encourage everyone to try to swap religions for a moment. What would be the public reaction to forcing orthodox jews into doing it? Their number is smaller but I'm willing to bet you anything that the percentage of them being coerced into the dress code is on the same level.