[JacquiiDesigns]

Ah - separate and equally dressed by our oppressive governments. :P

No - I really do understand the conundrum - but when Sarkozy says "thou shalt not wear the burkha ever never ever ever" --- Is that really the solution to correcting the debasement of women?

I certainly understand that societies are made up of laws. When in Rome - sometimes I acted like a Tennesseean and such, yet when in France I will be the native Tennesseean without hesitation and certainly without a burkha... But should that option be completely stripped away, verbatim?

For instance - in highschool - there was a crowd who wore combat boots, another crowd made fun of them and called them Nazis - others called them skinhead wannabes - yet the principal did not ban the boots. I probably would have because combat boots with tight-rolled jeans is a fashion no-no.

Likewise - perhaps I simply want to wear a burkha because I don't like showing my curves in public and having men undress me with their eyes and make lude nuiances and sexual advances and... ARG - I'm dreaming - of course I adore nudity... But yeah....

I suppose - what I'm saying is that - what may work for you - may not necessarily be the same thing that works for the next Joe or Josephine. Again - the concept of stripping away the debasement of woman is quite noble. My good percentage of my poetry is about empowering and being the empowered woman. --- But at the same time - telling me I cannot wear an item of clothing because it may be signify oppression to someone is a bit absurd. And though this argument may be a bit boorish - I will argue it anyway: What's next:
No one can wear the color red because the blue gang thinks it denegrates their ideals? Men can no longer wear shorts or thongs because some women find their hairy legs offensive? Dresses in the rebel flag patter (of the ol' southern US) can no longer exist because a majority of Blacks do not think it represents southern pride?

Perhaps we should all be nude.

Jacquii.