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Originally Posted by peter12
The burkini is obviously a repulsive artifact of oppressive, misogynist culture, but a ban that enables police to force women to take their clothes off in public is a real disgusting piece of authoritarianism.
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Originally Posted by rubecube
Agreed. I also don't know how they're expecting this play out. It's not going to suddenly make Muslim women start wearing less clothing to the beach, or make Muslim men any less misogynistic. All it's going to do is force these women to stay inside and further alienate them from French society.
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Nailed it.
Just want to add this, though not about the Burkini:
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