re: #20 SidewaysQuark

Depends on the time and place. There’s hygiene arguments to be considered as well. Most of Western mainland Europe doesn’t have repressive laws regarding nudity, and they don’t seem to have any big problems as a result.

I’m not arguing in favor of those laws. I’m arguing that Muslim modesty isn’t different than any other kind of modesty, and that modesty is something that’s generally all over the fucking place.

If a woman wants to wear something because she wants to avoid the male gaze, I have a lot of fucking difficulty telling her she’s being oppressed and she should be open to having her body stared at by whoever wants to.