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Feminists

efhmc

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13. We can't ban them because we have so called relgious freedom.

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Sun Jan 13, 2019, 01:33 PM

Jan 2019

What should be banned is the thinking behind them in all fundie religions, i.e.: that women are nasty and tempt men to stray so they must cover themselves. No matter whether the religions do it overtly by real physical coverings or by drilling it into their heads at an early age that women are inferior to men.

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Should Burqa's Be Banned? [View all] Soph0571 Jan 2019 OP

If men were forced by their wives to walk around with bags over their heads with eyeholes cut Squinch Jan 2019 #1

I agree.. It's a conundrum. But if I can only pick one, I say ban. 50 Shades Of Blue Jan 2019 #2

You cannot reconcile it without knowing if it is truely the woman's choice, or if she has been still_one Jan 2019 #3

I'm okay with a ban as well as janterry Jan 2019 #4

No. shanny Jan 2019 #5

I think yes. Chemisse Jan 2019 #6

Complicated... TreasonousBastard Jan 2019 #7

Somehow a frilly hat at Easter -- and is that even still a thing? PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2019 #9

Did you not get the larger point? TreasonousBastard Jan 2019 #11

I don't think there's a larger point. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2019 #12

Banned - yes. Conundrum - no. Merlot Jan 2019 #8

Here's the real problem. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2019 #10

We can't ban them because we have so called relgious freedom. efhmc Jan 2019 #13