Not again with the Burqa Ban?
Not again with the Burqa Ban?
As Reform UK splits over a stale debate, Muslim women’s voices remain conspicuously absent ~ James Horton ~ Many had thought very little about Sarah Pochin upon her tight win in the Runcorn and Helsby by-election on May 1st. They know what they think of her now. Upon her first ever question in PMQs ...
Notably absent from the conversation is the voice of Muslim women. [...] It seems evident from recent events in Iran and Kurdistan that Muslim women are very well capable of speaking for themselves on the issue. They certainly do not need posh white people in positions of exalted power and privilege to speak for them.
The way I try to understand it is, how would Western women feel if there was a big push to make makeup illegal? On the grounds that some feminists believe it reinforces patriarchal expectations of women.
But other women, including feminists, like wearing makeup and don't wear it for men. I wouldn't want others to tell me on my behalf what I should and shouldn't wear, so we shouldn't do the same to others.
And when you look at it that way, I think a good deal of the real sentiment is just discomfort with some women wearing different cultural attire.
That's a really excellent analogy, thank you, I'm going to remember that one!