tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570865557642304809.post4884102477161109649..comments2021-11-09T10:00:43.632-05:00Comments on A Mild Interest in Hemlines: France's Niqab Ban and MeAlliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17095657063693931200noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570865557642304809.post-33712746221559986332011-04-06T23:27:46.960-04:002011-04-06T23:27:46.960-04:00Hi baby!
Thoughts from a crazy feminist: a lot ...Hi baby! <br /><br />Thoughts from a crazy feminist: a lot of the arguments made for bans on the niqab and the burqa and whatnot are that these veiling practices are dangerous or inherently oppressive and forcing women to wear them is bad bad bad. Of course, in my opinion, forcing women to do something is bad; this includes forcing them NOT to wear things. <br /><br />There's also the weird, seemingly racist wearing-this-makes-you-inherently-unFrench thing. I know it's supposed to, in some ways, encourage unity and a singular French identity, but (and I'm sure a lot of Americans probably agree with me on this) I think it does a lot more to separate/alienate people and their cultural practices. By saying that one can't be French and practice Islam that way, they reinforce the West vs. Islam dichotomy and encourage the cultural divisiveness that they are theoretically trying to undermine...<br /><br />Also - it fundamentally ignores the fact that for many women, it's a way of feeling closer to God and submitting to God as they see fit, and robbing someone of that in the name of...whatever...is just, well, bad. In my opinion, anyway, which I recognize is a very American one. <br /><br />I mean, you know most of this, but for discussion's sake...<br /><br />Love, MeganAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com