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Thu Aug 25, 2016, 04:28 AM Aug 2016

Seriously, What Orthodox Women Wear to the Beach Is No Different From a Burkini



August 24, 2016
By Thea Glassman

Moshe Sebbag, the rabbi of the Grand Synagogue of Paris, announced this week that he supports the French ban on burkinis, the modest swimwear some Muslim women wear to cover up on the beach.

Wearing a burkini, he said, is not “innocent” and it sends a message.

But, we ask Sebbag, what difference exactly is there between the garb Orthodox Jewish women wear to the beach than the burkinis that some Muslim women wear?

And why should one religious group of women be allowed to follow their traditions over another?

Just asking.

Muslim woman at the beach



Orthodox Jewish woman at the beach.



Muslim woman.



Jewish woman.



Burkini



Modest Swimsuit for Orthodox Woman.



http://forward.com/sisterhood/348382/seriously-what-orthodox-women-wear-to-the-beach-is-no-different-from-a-burk/

http://forward.com/sisterhood/348382/seriously-what-orthodox-women-wear-to-the-beach-is-no-different-from-a-burk/
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Seriously, What Orthodox Women Wear to the Beach Is No Different From a Burkini (Original Post) rug Aug 2016 OP
Yes, someone explain how this isn't a double standard. eShirl Aug 2016 #1
Or Catholic nuns, Amish, Mennonites, and any conservative or modest people IronLionZion Aug 2016 #2
Um, no about the Catholic nuns. Most of them wear ordinary civilian clothes, including swimsuits. pnwmom Aug 2016 #3
Some wear the habit IronLionZion Aug 2016 #6
Very few. Also, no one is forced to be a nun. pnwmom Aug 2016 #7
Or people who are sensitive to the sun... flor-de-jasmim Aug 2016 #4
Exactly.....I have coverups that I wear.....have to. nt msanthrope Aug 2016 #5

IronLionZion

(45,250 posts)
2. Or Catholic nuns, Amish, Mennonites, and any conservative or modest people
Thu Aug 25, 2016, 06:45 AM
Aug 2016

also anyone who feels cold.

Why should a government police what people wear to the beach? Saying someone can't wear something (with no harm to anyone else) is just as bad as saying they have to wear something. These people should have the choice.

And many bigots would be happy to use this as an excuse to discriminate against Jewish people too in the future. It's naive to think it will be only Muslims.

pnwmom

(108,925 posts)
3. Um, no about the Catholic nuns. Most of them wear ordinary civilian clothes, including swimsuits.
Thu Aug 25, 2016, 06:54 AM
Aug 2016

But I don't think other people should be deciding what clothes women may wear -- either people in government or in their families.

pnwmom

(108,925 posts)
7. Very few. Also, no one is forced to be a nun.
Thu Aug 25, 2016, 08:31 AM
Aug 2016

But no one but a woman knows if she is being coerced to wear "modest" garb or if she's doing it of her free will. That's all I care about.

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