Burqa. Women Have A Right To Cover Up.
- Sep. 21st, 2014 at 1:15 PM
I am really worried about the latest flurry of 'Ban The Burqa' cries.
When women are in the position of having to defend their right to dress in the way that makes them comfortable, we have lost something very important to our way of life.
Whether it's about covering up or not covering up, it's a woman's right to choose.
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When women are in the position of having to defend their right to dress in the way that makes them comfortable, we have lost something very important to our way of life.
Whether it's about covering up or not covering up, it's a woman's right to choose.
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I fear this puts women in the unenviable position of either dressing in a way that feels demeaning, or going to the side of terrorists who want them to dress that way.
And I do think it raises the question, for those of us who don't wear the burqa, about how free we are if we don't wear it, but feel compelled to wear makeup, have plastic surgery, and feel bad about how we look.
Exposing my body to public view only makes me feel liberated when I am in a place where my natural appearance is accepted without judgement. (When that happens, at hippy festivals for example, I feel great.)
The thing about "not part of our cultural heritage" is nonsense; if that was so, you weren't permitted to own a single TV, you were not permitted to own a single cell-phone, computer or watch your weekly "Breaking Bad" episodes. Because it all originates abroad.
Ah yes, cultural heritage is such a furphy. There is no such thing as purity.
Especially in a nation of immigrants like Australia!
Admittedly, in the case of Australia it is even more controversial since everyone who has no Aborigine origin actually isn't permitted to be there, if you follow this logic.
Well, yes. I follow that logic. White Australia has a history of being paranoid about invasion from the north. There's a certain irony to it.
Why an invasion from the north?
It isn't about religion at all, it's about choice and about giving people access to community.