France veil row sparks Trappes unrest

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149. #1 & #5 I totally understand and are valid. But moving onto #2, etc....

...if we don't want women erased or brainwashed into unhealthy behavior...why do we allow ANY religion or culture in the U.S. (or France) to do so? Is it healthy for ultra-orthodox jews to curtail what women wear and can do? And isn't it cruel to tell girls they're unworthy or sinful, etc. as many conservative christian religions hold? This is my problem here. I don't disagree that all this shrouding is evidence of misogyny or emotional/psychological abuse--but why do we hold this as so much worse than what other religions/cultures force on women? Especially those within our own Western borders?

Also, we're talking about a married, adult woman who knows nothing else. We're not going to instantly free her and transform her by removing that veil out in public. So, exactly what good does this law do for the women who know nothing else and feel naked and ashamed without the veil? How does it help them from being ruled by their husbands, erased, abused, etc.?

Should this all be changed? Absolutely. But let's be real--change from the outside isn't going to be nearly as effective as change from the inside. It would help if the women were on the side of the law, however subversively. And let's not be hypocritical either. If we're going to go after cultures who use religion (religious excuses) to abuse women, then we need to go after all of them, not just the ones forcing women to cover their faces.