Denmark bans wearing the burqa in public

[Squinch]

121. Still not answering. But the obvious answer is that of course it is right to prohibit FGM.

Because it is barbaric and harmful and has no purpose other than to allow men to subjugate women using abject cruelty.

And who are we to judge it like that? We are people who believe in the value of the humanity of others.

So that establishes that there are things we must, as decent people, not tolerate. That is the case whether those things are considered important parts of other cultures or not. Not only is our judgment of them legitimate, it is necessary.

Then the question becomes, where is that line drawn? You, obviously, feel that burqas and niqabs, which are barbaric and cruel and have no other purpose than the extreme subjugation of women, are A-OK because "but its their culture!"

In one of my work sites, I have frequent interactions with women in burkas and niqabs. I see the cruelty, the senselessness and the identity obliteration of them up close and personal, and I don't give a shit that it's their culture. It is wrong and it is senseless, and it has no purpose other than the extreme subjugation of women.

I'm all for outlawing any garment that covers the woman's face. Barring that, if women are still to be required to wear them, then their husbands need to start wearing pillow cases with eye slits over their heads.