Cultural freedom may be our core dogma, but does it include freedom to be unfree? Bring it home. Say your daughter converts to Islam, as Western women are apparently doing by the bucketload. She comes to dinner in a burqa, tells you it is God's will, tells you it is forever. How do you respond? The burqa is seen, here in the latte classes, as a symbol of the fight for cultural tolerance. But is this reasonable? ....................................... It is alarming to find one self agreeing with Fred Nile, especially on gender issues. But feminists should fess up. The burqa belongs in cultures that still have bride-price. It is an antediluvian title deed, an all-enveloping, owned sexual identity. It's not for sale, because it is already bought and paid for. If that's not commodification, I'll burn my bra.
Feminists should see through a garment that crudely defines women
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