"Trei, Peter" wrote: > > rounding that up, I'd guess that if we were religious about our privacy, > > things may be different (possibly just more ugly, but who knows). > > > Be careful about making sweeping generalizations about Islamic cultures; > they vary almost as much as Christian and Jewish ones. While female > modesty is a widely practiced virtue, it's implementation covers a wide > range, from all-encompassing covering to a simple head scarf. point taken. I've had little first-hand experience with anything in this direction, I just happen to live in a country with a considerable islamic population (among others, the largest number of turks outside turkey, according to some statistics).
