So Sarkozy has decided to implement a ban on the burqa in public spaces in order to protect the dignity of women... Click here for the article
My question is what do we define as dignity? How can we define it?
Is it less of an affront to the dignity of Muslim women to have to wear western apparel and have men peruse the "goods" openly in the street? Most of us in the west would say that dignity = freedom, giving us the ability to make a free decision on how we spend our lives, what we are involved in, who we are to become and what we are to wear. So how is the State dictating that women are no longer free to wear their desired apparel freedom, to practice their religion? Isn't cutting off this choice more of an affront to the French Republican values?
Your thoughts on dignity, burqas and freedom?
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