Pupils will be banned from wearing abayas, loose-fitting full-length robes worn by some Muslim women, in France’s state-run schools, the education minister has said.

The rule will be applied as soon as the new school year starts on 4 September.

France has a strict ban on religious signs in state schools and government buildings, arguing that they violate secular laws.

Wearing a headscarf has been banned since 2004 in state-run schools.

    • @jimbolauski@lemmy.world
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      201 year ago

      Forcing a person not to wear a type of clothing is just as bad forcing them to wear it. The reasons for either are not important.

      • Kalash
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        You hear that the military? Stop forcing people in those ugly camo uniforms! Reasons for wearing them aren’t important!

          • Kalash
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            I was mostly for showing that forcing a clothing standard sometimes does have reasons. Team sports would be another one.

            Also, banning every item of clothing that could be seen as religious, might turn into an endless game of whack-a-mole. So if France is so keen on secular clothing in schools, school uniforms seem like a legit option.

            • @afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
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              I am not a fan of school uniforms either.

              Why can’t we just let kids decide what to wear? Especially when it isn’t even their own children. I generally let my kids pick out their own clothing. My middle school rolled out a uniform and it was an uncomfortable disaster. Always vowed that when I became a parent I wouldn’t do this to my own kids. Fun fact it isn’t illegal to take a picture of your shredded uniform you found in the attic and mail it to your old principal’s house with a note scrawled on it “fuck you for making me wear this”.

              In any case team sports are also a really bad analogy. A small cross or head covering is not a distraction from learning the way kids not wearing sports stuff would be for the game.

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                I’m also not a fan of school uniforms in general and I don’t have personal expirence with them.

                But the topic of dress codes came up a couple of time when I was in highschool. One of them even lead to a “ban” though, it was only school policy, not a law. But yeah, there were a couple of girls that really pushed the limits of how short they could make their tops and hotpants. I, of course, loved it at the time, but looking back as an adult, 14-16 year olds probably shouldn’t dress like that in school.

                Another topic I even caused myself. I went through kind of a punk phase and one day showed up with steel-tipped boots and a 30cm, neon green mohawk. There were some complaints, but ultimatly nothing happened.

                My point is, regulating clothing in certain public situation is quite common with widley varying regional standards. It’s not as simple as “everyone should be able to wear what they want”.

                • @afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
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                  31 year ago

                  My point is, regulating clothing in certain public situation is quite common

                  Is a rule a good rule because it is common or because it is good?

                  • Kalash
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                    Definitly because it’s common. I don’t believe in fundamental “good” or “evil”.

                    I just know what I think is good and I compare that with what other people think is good. And when enough people do that in a society, eventually “rules” emerge that are commonly accepted. And those change with time, which means the collective perception of what is “good” also changes.

        • Flying SquidM
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          01 year ago

          So schoolchildren should be treated like they’re in the military?

          • @bouh@lemmy.world
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            The dream of any fascist is kid soldiers (also kid workers, they’re never productive soon enough).

    • @bouh@lemmy.world
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      01 year ago

      So to protect the freedom of these women you deny them the freedom to wear a dress?

      Holy fuck the racists are so stupid it’s surreal!

      • @Kra@mtgzone.com
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        Yeah so extremely racist to protect women from religious extremists. Just the mindless name dropping again, calling everyone and everybody a racist.

        • @bouh@lemmy.world
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          31 year ago

          Protecting women by telling them how to dress. That feels very much like 19th century.

          You understand the dress is not even religious?

          • @DarthBueller@lemmy.world
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            01 year ago

            What percentage of husbands/street enforcers will beat her if she doesn’t wear it? Where do those cultural norms of modesty come from, pray tell?