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France to ban female students from wearing abayas in state schools (www.bbc.com)

submitted 1 year ago by AbaixoDeCao@lemm.ee to c/europe@feddit.de

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[–] uint8_t@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

kinda, yes, but not through state-enforced bans

[–] Llewellyn@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Through what then?

[–] uint8_t@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

people losing interest on their own. yes it's slower, but true change can only happen through internal motivators.

[–] ParsnipWitch@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It doesn't, though. Instead religious conservatives build parallel societies. Children should grow up knowing that in a secular state religious bans and rules have no power.

It's the hobby of their parents and nothing more. Than they can decide if they want to participate in the hobby or not. The veiling of women and girls can be a powerful tool in keeping control over them through separation, for example.