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In reply to the discussion: Denmark bans wearing the burqa in public [View all]christx30
(6,241 posts)and not oppression. We shouldn't allow one group to oppress another group in our countries. There are plenty of places like that in the world. If someone wants to treat their women like property, they can move to Iran or Saudi Arabia.
I've been watching The Handmaid's Tale. If you haven't seen it, you should. It's very well done.
In it, fertile women are enslaved by the state, and forced to join families to breed with the husband. This is done for twisted religious reasons. These Handmaids are executed by hanging, or sent out to a radioactive wasteland called the Colony to work until they die if they don't perform or rebel in any way. They are forced to wear modest clothing. The lucky ones are able to escape to Canada.
Now picture a US family and their Handmaid moving to Canada to live, because of economic reasons. Should Canada tolerate the family keeping their Handmaid against her will, because that's their culture? Should they allow the Handmaid to go to the market in her red slave cloak? Or should they demand the family release her, let her dress how she wants, or threaten to arrest them if they do not?
And before you say "this is fiction", a lot of this stuff goes on in Islamic countries. Women are treated like property. Forced under penalty of jail, rape, or death for failing to dress modestly. It's awful, but we can't do anything in those countries. But we can sure as hell refuse to put up with that crap in the west.
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