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[โ€“] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

The problem with religious clothing is that the more people who wear it, the more pressure can be put on children to wear it or stand out/be condemned. It gets worse when the clothing is gender-specific.

It also puts children in a situation where their religious background can be seen from afar, making them Christian/Muslim/Jew etc. first and citizen second, when in a secularised country it should always be the other way round.

It is twice as bad when teachers wear religious clothing, because how can you not wear it if your teacher is wearing it. And when children wear religious clothing and have to defend wearing it, they get into a situation where they may have to defend it and wear it and even be part of peer pressure because there is no way out, you are either pushed from one side or the other and many choose to then rather push themselves.

Religious freedom is a double-edged sword: Freedom to live your religion, but also the freedom to live without religion, and especially children who are brought up in a religious family need the school as a place where religion isn't a thing, so that they have a place to even think about what it feels like to live without it. Religion needs to be a personal choice and only if you have a place to check what it means to be without it you can choose.

If your religion can not give children a place to be without it so they can then freely choose, there is something severely wrong with that religion. Unfortunately I have yet to find a religion that does allow it.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I can understand you thought process buts its more of a Theoretic then this happening in Realf Life in many Families they do not care that much about it.

Kids only wear it if they are Praying or after getting older.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

how can you not wear it if your teacher is wearing it

What logic is this? Just make everyone know that a school is a safe space where nobody is made to wear or not wear anything unless it's offensive (such as profane, racist or too revealing).

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Because a teacher is a role model and if your teacher is a role model for religion in a place that should be the one place free from it, then that's not working.
School can only be a safe place for children to take a breath from a religious background if religion stays completely out of it.
You think it can be a safe space when the girl gets told by its parents "look the teacher is wearing this, so you need too" even if the teacher isn't saying it?

Unfortunately religious clothing isn't just clothing like every other and religions of this world (not just one specific) are not about safe spaces, they want to be everywhere and they want to occupy school too. A secular country can not allow that.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

a teacher is a role model

Maybe in primary school but not really since middle school.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

...Also I was in a school with a strict dress code (light shirts only with no print) as well as one where a "MOTHERFUCKER" hoodie was apparently permitted. I don't really care either way but I don't see how prohibiting religious attire would help.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I literally said that nobody is [forced] to wear or not wear anything [...] - as in "total freedom unless offensive". You're implying I said the opposite.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But where does offensive start? People in my youth would've called some of our metal band shirts to be offensive.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, defining that is a bit of a problem. However, I am pretty sure most schools have had prior incidents that set a precedent. I guess some even have specific blacklist (hard curse words, depictions of nudity, revealing armpits etc.) or even a whitelist (sports gear in PE, clothing of major religions)

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

See, I would've never in a million years guessed armpits are somehow offensive to anyone.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ever been in a teenage boys' locker room? Armpits STINK.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

You smell any armpits you see?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Problem is, the "unless" part is different for everyone. Lot of people find religious stuff offensive, while the revealing stuff not.