Banning the burkini is misogynistic – and Western feminists are turning a blind eye
Banning the burkini is misogynistic – and Western feminists are turning a blind eye
The obsession to the point of fetishism with Muslim women’s mode of dress and covering curtails the most basic of human rights – that of self-determination and freedom of expression. As Arundhati Roy so eloquently put it, coercing a woman out of the burka instead of enabling her to choose is an act of violence, humiliation and cultural imperialism.