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Originally Posted by lisarea
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Originally Posted by Gnostic Christian Bishop
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Originally Posted by lisarea
I don't think that criminalizing women's clothing is a very good way to fight misogyny.
Muslim cultures can be sexist, as can Christian ones, but any religion founded in a patriarchy is likely to be pretty patriarchal. Jewish and Hindu and Buddhist cultures can be pretty awful too. I think Sikhism is generally pretty non-sexist, but Sikhs wear head coverings, too. Just like pretty much everyone else. How would you even go about distinguishing hijabs from every other head scarf?
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I guess that set and setting might be identified in the law. Head scarfs do not tend to be worn the same way though. At least none of the ones my mother ever wore.
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As a practical matter, it just strikes me as something you would not be able to legislate clearly. There are plenty of non-Muslims who wear headscarves that look almost identical to hijab. Further, it'd very likely result in women becoming more isolated. It is very unlikely that women wearing their religious garments would just...toss them off and go about their business. Whether it's by their choice or because they're being coerced or forced to conform, many of them are likely to just end up confined to their homes rather than go out in public without their religious attire.
I just don't see how telling women what they can't wear is so different from telling them what they have to wear. I don't think the solution is for different groups of men to be using women as pawns like that.
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They, like all victims of misogyny, have learned to lie to themselves. That includes Christian women.
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Wait, what does that mean? Are you talking about internalized misogyny? Because yeah, that happens, and you can't legislate it away. But not everyone who has been a victim of misogyny lies to themselves. You didn't mean to say that, did you?
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No. Not all women but we both know that Christianity is misogynous yet millions of Canadian women indirectly support their own oppression by putting cash in the collection basket on Sunday. And their misogynous husband let them.
Have a look at the look this woman gives her bishop on another Christian immoral tenet. She is still paying for her church to oppress her own daughter.
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As to the law. We can see how others have written them up. There are a number of countries that have banned them. France is the most secular of these countries.
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DL