"Reasonnable accomodation" in Quebec, Canada

[secotine]

First post, and english is my second language, first this influence my ability of making nice sentence, so be kind, but even given that, if there's something that i write that you don't get or are unsure, feel free to ask

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bienvenue!

[liminalia]

Je ne comprends pas le mot "revendications", il n'existe pas en Anglais. Quelle est le sens en francais?

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[secotine]

"revendications", c'est les demandes d'un groupe de personnes.

it is was people ask for. i think that "demands" would be right.

let's say, "free abortion no matter what" is a revendication :)

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[liminalia]

Yes, demands would be right. Thanks!

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[liminalia]

Also, I think it is ridiculous that the Conseil du Statut de la Femme decided that it was against women's rights to wear hijab. What about women's rights to practice their own religion?

Aussi, je pense que c'est ridicule que le Conseil du Statut de la Femme a decidé que porter le hijab est contre le féminisme. Quoi du droit des femmes de pratiquer leur réligion?

[crafting_change]

How about a woman's right to her religion? How about a woman's right to not be culturally assimilated?

Exactly, thank you.

[blackwinterbyrd]

word.

[tyresias]

C'est vraiment lamentable. Je me souviens de la petite ville (l'année passé je crois) où il son passé une résolution interdisant de jeter des pierres aux femmes et d'autres stupidités, parce qu'ils avaient peur que les mulsumans enménage. Je n'ai vu qu'une entre-vue qui demanda l'avis de (soit disant) l'unique famille de couleur dans la ville.

Il y a un livre Is multiculturalism bad for women de Susan Moller Okin qui commence avec une dissertation qui ferait plaisir au Conseil. Heureusement le livre inclus des réponses de feministes de couleur qui expliquent le racism d'imposer notre culture soit disant pour le bien de femmes d'autres cultures. Les colonisateurs sont responsables pour tellement du sexisme autout du monde, j'oserai espérer qu'on aurait appris quelques choses de notre histoire, mais évidement pas du tout.

Faudrait que des gens envoient des courriels au Conseil pour leur dire se qu'on en pense.

edited for grammar.

[amphibian23]

My Toronto/Iran originating friend recommended that book - he would agree with the author's beliefs from what I can tell from your summary - if it includes responses it might be interesting, worth looking up maybe?
Sorry my french reading is better than my writing.

[tyresias]

The author wrote the initial, deeply problematic, essay. But the responses are what make the book brillant. Her reflection to the responses she got to the original essay also has its merits although it doesn't go as far as I would have hoped. One should never read just the initial essay on its own, unless you want a shining example of unchecked white privileged feminism.

Are you in Toronto? I am. I think I could find the book and lend it. I got it at the Women's Bookstore ~4 years ago. I don't know if they regularly carry it, I had to buy it for a course so its possible that's the only reason they had it in stock.

[amphibian23]

No, thanks though. I know a guy from Toronto who works at my English university.

[dorktastic]

I just finished writing a paper about this. It's totally racist, Islamphobic bullshit, wrapped up in Québécois nationalism and sensationalist media reports.

[lick_your_heart]

you're english is much, much better than my french. you don't need to apologise