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Ban the suit rule (media.mas.to)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A cross necklace is a little different than having to cover your head or your entire body, don't you think?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My point was more that more oppression is not the answer to oppression.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Removing one of the ways someone is being oppressed doesn't sound oppressive to me

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Removing the freedom of choice is textbook oppression but ok.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Which is exactly what Islam is doing

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I don’t deny that. But I posit that it matters not whether it’s a religion or a legislating body, telling women what they can or cannot wear is wrong and it is oppressive. If one must resort to the same tactics as the oppressors, what makes them any better?