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Anonymous: Prejudice is Ugly
Anonymous said:
But you're missing the point. These are cultures that don't really want women to be healthy.
The biggest positive aspect of the burqa for these cultures is not the way it hides sexual attractiveness, but the way it hides bruises from physical abuse.
My understanding from reading, interviews and conversations with, you know, real, life people is that folks who wear burquas wear them to cover themselves from the eyes of strange men.
I don't know where the assumption that they "don't ... want women to be healthy" or "hides bruises..." comes from except, oh, prejudice on your part.
How about thinking of a solution that respects their religion and privacy, yet is, you know, an actual solution?