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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTwo sides of the same coin?
This controversial cartoon suggests that both "cultural female dressing codes" are just two sides of the same coin. Do you agree?
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Two sides of the same coin? (Original Post)
Playinghardball
Dec 2013
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lame54
(35,267 posts)1. Hardly...
one of 'em has a cholice
K.O. Stradivarius
(115 posts)6. This
The analogy in the cartoon isn't even in the same ballpark.
Plus, it's falsely captioned in the Muslim woman's thought balloon: Nothing covered but her eyes....
Then why do I see that the Western woman is wearing a bikini top and bottom?
notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)2. No.
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)3. Well one difference
the one in the bikini won't be stoned, shot or knifed for putting on a parka.
1000words
(7,051 posts)4. Sooner or later, she will likely be ogled, and possibly harassed.
The cartoon does present a valid point regarding cultural perception.
cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)8. Define "ogled". n/t
darkangel218
(13,985 posts)5. +1
cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)7. Nnnnnnope.