purple angel

[enochs_fable]

I was amused to see, as I was waiting for the train, a young Muslim woman wearing a violet patterened headscarf, a deep purple skirt, and a pale purple shirt that said "angel" on it.

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[verin_the_brown]

I admire her coordination, but it's, I hope, one of my few fronts of biggotry that I get bothered by women in headscarves.

I want to ask them, how can you be planning to be a full member of society, in law school, medical school and the like, and still subscribe to such sexist mores? I mean, the men don't have to cover up their hair because it is deemed dangerously sexy.

Okay, then I guess I could say that I feel compelled to keep my breasts covered in public, whereas men don't. But then men don't HAVE breasts really, so that doesn't really fly. Plus, I'm living in a place where running around topless would be noticed, and I would be arrested, so basically I have to, no matter what my feelings on the issue. The medical student with the headscarf doesn't have that same problem.

[verin_the_brown]

I heard about some of that and I totally agree. Outlawing them is a ridiculous infringement of civil liberties. Do they also forbid Jewish men from wearing the hats whose name I can't begin to spell?

I deliberately chose a female doctor. I'm glad I was allowed to.

[enochs_fable]

The name of the 'little hats' (heh) depend on whether you're going with the yiddish yarmulke or the hebrew kippa (sp?).

I don't know about Turkish Jews, but I know France recently tried to pass a similar law banning "wearing obviously religious things" in schools, which would cover both headscarves and yarmulkes.