Personally, I really don't understand why people get upset about Islamic women *choosing* to wear hijabs, or niqabs, under the pretense of feminism. Part of what feminism fights for is the right to choose. This is the unintended consequence.
I get the practical arguments (ie, "I don't know who this person is" etc.) is, though, and I think any girl or women who has their wardrobe dictated by another person is being abused, unless there's a non-abusive reason behind it; I doubt that anyone wearing a work or school uniform would qualify as being abused. From, Emily On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 8:21 AM, Arnaud HERVE <[email protected]>wrote: > I am not sure this is strictly on-topic, but I thought it might be > interesting concerning female appearance issues. > > We are starting presidential campaigns in France now, and there is a > candidate for the right of women to wear the niqab (full clothing except > for the eyes) > > Here is an article, you probably won't understand it but you will see > the video, which I think is telling : > > > http://www.lepoint.fr/societe/2012-la-candidate-du-niqab-22-09-2011-1376118_23.php > > In this interview, basically she claims it is her individual right as a > woman, to wear the niqab as she would wear a mini-skirt. Feminists on > the contrary argue that it is not a mere piece of clothe, but a > submission to Islamic law, which implies a loss of civic rights for women. > > So that's what I said earlier, there is now a contradiction between > multiculturalism and women's rights. Both of which used to belong > together in the side of progress, traditionally. > > On a more practical level, you can understand that she won't be able to > run the full campaign, because it will not be possible to identify her. > It could be her sister or her mom any time. Women wearing the niqab are > already refused in many jobs, because precisely it is impossible to know > who is the employee. In the case of a kindergarten for example it could > even be a man impersonating his sister. > > But here it will make some noise, because it is her intention to get > banned for the presidential campaign, and it is precisely that sort of > publicity she is looking for. > > Arnaud > > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >
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