I'd like to discuss the Burka.

I agree there are oppressive aspects to the way some people practicr Islam, but believe me any woman experiencing them is going to care more about continued access to higher education (something some Muslim nations are quite good at). If your politics lead you to decide that the top priority is policing women's clothing I challenge you to consider the amount of suffering going on in this world and consider that we must all prioritize where to provide mutual aid. Say I walk past someone with a nasty cut on their leg and scoliosis from chronic pain. Maybe the cut on their leg looks to me like an extremely pressing problem, but they tell me they can take care of it themselves, what they need is access to pain relief and physical therapy. It is not my place to tell them how to treat their own injuries. And if your anarchy allows you to permit others to decide how to care for their own body health, shouldn't it also allow you to permit others to decide how to care for their own clothing choices? It is good to take a critical view of any dogma. But deciding that your correct views are so correct that you should impose laws on others is connected to colonialism in this case. I don't mean to say "you white male oppressor stop it" here, least of all because I don't know your race or gender. But there is a narrative of running into other cultures, deciding what about them is advanced and what is backwards or savage, and then imposing our notions of civility with violence. To crib a note from the libertarians, all law really is violence. You are asserting that in this case it is more oppressive for a woman to wear a burqa than for you to tell her she can't wear one. I was curious about this too, and was surprised after reading the narratives of Muslim women that many people consider a burqa liberating, protective, and anti-objectification. But don't take my word for it. The world is so full of narratives. Go ask an atheist living in a mostly Islamic country, go ask an Islamic woman, go ask an Islamic woman in France. It is safe to say /r/anarchism is not going to provide you the diversity of experience and opinion you need in order to make a richly informed opinion here. And thanks for posting, it is always great to talk to people who are willing to expose uncertainty and undecided minds :)

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