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France to ban female students from wearing abayas in state schools (www.bbc.com)

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't agree with this prohibition, and I doubt that it's likely going to achieve much, but if my experience looking at past government restrictions on things that people want to do is predictive of the situation here, it'll mean that someone will sit down and figure out the exact limit that the French government prohibits and then figure out a garment or combination of garments that accomplishes as much of the original aims as possible without crossing whatever specific garment line is there.

I mean, what's a women's garment that does the head and neck? The bonnet?

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Hmm. Apparently it actually did have some religious background.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnet_(headgear)

Bonnets remained one of the most common types of headgear worn by women throughout most of the 19th century. Especially for a widow, a bonnet was de rigueur. Silk bonnets, elaborately pleated and ruched, were worn outdoors, or in public places like shops, galleries, churches, and during visits to acquaintances. Women would cover their heads with caps simply to keep their hair from getting dirty and perhaps out of female modesty, again, in European society, based upon the historical teaching of the Christian Bible. In addition, women in wedlock would wear caps and bonnets during the day, to further demonstrate their status as married women.

But, as far as I know, they aren't banned. So someone says "Okay, so people can't wear (religious) abayas, but can wear (secular) trenchcoats? This new garment isn't an abaya. This is a bonnet and trenchcoat." Or, you know, whatever.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Wanna know why this whole thing isn't about a pupil wearing something that shows their religion? They sure as hell don't ban the kippah, sikhi turban or buddhist and hindu garnments.

For some reason it only goes after Muslims and there mostly after women with the guise of "protecting them from oppression! ;-)". And it never involves actual talk with the "oppressed" women in question, it's always the assumption, that of course these women can't decide for themself and obviously all are forced to wear such garnments.

It started with the burqa and niqab but the people in favor of that promised that it's just about the face covering, that there is no reason go after the hijab or similar garnments. Surprise surprise, only a few years later here we are and they still fight against "oppression" by limiting what Muslim women can wear. One would think that fighting oppression really was the goal of these people they would ask for actual support measures like providing education campaigns about personal rights and better support network for women. But no, these people think or pretend that such bans will magically solve the issue without any flanking measures. And that tells you all you need to know about their sincerities regarding this topic. It's not about the girls and women, it never was and never will be.