• Richard@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Hijab is a symbol of the oppression of women in the Arab world. It is good that they are outlawed for the Olympics

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        5 months ago

        It does seem to me that you should either have a blanket ban on religious symbols or ways of expression at the game or no ban on one of them.

        Personally, I would be fine with either option, although I doubt the former is doable.

      • Blizzard@lemmy.zip
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        5 months ago

        Religions in general are not a symbol but actual oppression and not just women but people in general.

        That said, have you ever seen anyone at the olympics wearing a cross? I don’t recall. Definitely not as visible as a hijab though. Likely already banned for safety reasons (that’s definitely a thing for football, not sure about other sports).

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      5 months ago

      Yeah fuck mutual respect as a baseline right? Let’s generalize the situation of 1 billion women instead

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      5 months ago

      Very happy this is getting downvoted. This way of thinking is typical for the perceived moral and cultural superiority by some westerners. I don’t get it, what are these women taking away from you that makes you patronize them so hard? Like, are you telling me that every single woman wearing the hijab is oppressed? That is, ignoring the fact that the vast majority of Muslims isn’t Arab and that in many Arab countries women actually don’t wear it.