Designers in Paris Veil Models in Protest of Proposed Burka Ban.
Think back to Satrapi's protest about her college administrators complaining that women's veils weren't long enough and their pants weren't straight enough, and how she criticized them for never restricting men's dress. Should the French government outlaw Burkas? Or leave it up to women to decide how they should dress?
I believe that women should completely be able to decide what they do and do not want to wear. Although the veils symbolize women being inferior to men in most cultures who support them, there still are some women who would choose to wear the veil by choice. Many women feel that this is part of their cultural tradition, and they want to keep their culture alive. On the other hand, there are many women like Satrapi who feel that it is an insult for women to have to wear veils. I firmly believe that women, and men alike, should be able to express themselves however they see fit (veil/no veil).
ReplyDelete-Heather Gaulke
Thanks, Heather.
ReplyDeleteI believe that women should have a choice in what they wear and not feel like if they don't wear it men will be angry with her choice. If a women is oldfashioned she may want to wear one still and a younger girl of the same religion may not feel the same way. It is like how our mothers dress compared to how teens dress. There shouldn't a law to ban it because everyone has the right to wear what they want and express themselves how they want. If they want to ban the head dress then they should ban something that men wear that we find different so they have some rules to try to follow too! If they really think that women are treated equal then instead of making women on men level, we should put men on womens levels. See how they like it with all the restrictions and possible laws against self expression. I believe it would be put on the list of stupid laws in a country if it was actually made into a law.
ReplyDelete-Kristin Frondal
I agree with the ladies above. I too believe that it should be up to the woman to decide whether or not she wants to wear the burka. It is a cultural practice that many people from outside of that culture do not understand. I believe that the banning of the burka has absolutely nothing to do with being concerned about women's freedom as one of the women from the article noted. It is all about assimilation. Unfortunately since the events of September 11th anything that is even vaguely associated with Islam or the Middle East is somehow viewed as being related to Terrosim; in another one of my classes we discussed the rise of Islamophobia around the world. I believe that this is why the French government wants to ban the burka, it is all about prejudice towards this group of people. There has been a surge of Muslim immigrants coming into France over the past few years and this has caused racial/ethnic tension making some citizens uncomfortable. In general I find any law that essentially tells people what they can and cannot wear to be very disturbing. I was so surprised to hear about something like this happening in France because historically France has been alot more progressive and welcoming of people from different races/backgrounds especially in comparison with the U.S. The banning of the burka would be a slap in the face to the people of entire cultural traditon.
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Krystal,
ReplyDeleteKudos for a very well-informed and articulate comment that links Islamophobia with sexism!
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