(September 4, 2016 at 12:17 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:(August 25, 2016 at 9:21 pm)Tres Leches Wrote: When in Rome, do as the Romans. If you want to enjoy a public beach with most everyone around you wearing swimsuits and scanty clothing in the sunshine and surf (don't forget your sunscreen!) why not do the same? Muslim men do but their women can't. It's a double standard purely based on an archaic religion.
Also, am I being an immodest and tempting infidel by wearing a beach swimsuit instead of covering myself from head to toe? I don't think so, but Muslims who believe in covering their women up say different.
I don't see that the state paternalistically instructing a woman on how they may and may not dress at the beach -- or anywhere else -- is one whit better than her imam paternalistically telling her how she may or may not dress.
In both cases the message is, you are a woman, you need a male-dominated structure telling you how to dress.
Hey Thump, I agree with you on most everything you post here but on this one I disagree.
If Muslim women who "want" to wear head to toe swimsuits while their men are free to wear what they want only do this because they 100% came up with the idea on their own and they aren't being forced or indoctrinated into covering up - then have at it! But that's simply not the case here.
When a societal institution like government speaks out for a subjugated group of people, it's a good thing.
Either way, the French will decide for themselves through their government and courts what's appropriate in the case of Islamic swimwear.
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