{"id":30450,"date":"2016-09-28T13:36:07","date_gmt":"2016-09-28T17:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/lovejoyfeminism\/?p=30450"},"modified":"2016-09-28T13:46:53","modified_gmt":"2016-09-28T17:46:53","slug":"swiss-men-tell-women-what-they-can-and-cannot-wear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lovejoyfeminism\/2016\/09\/swiss-men-tell-women-what-they-can-and-cannot-wear.html","title":{"rendered":"Swiss Men Tell Women What They Can and Cannot Wear"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

The lower house\u00a0of the Swiss parliament has voted in favor of a bill that would ban covering one\u2019s\u00a0face in public. This is, of course, a burka<\/em> ban, and it is being pushed by Switzerland\u2019s far-right nationalist party. According to The Independent<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The\u00a0proposed law<\/a>\u00a0would see paragraphs written into Switzerland\u2019s federal constitution against the \u201cconcealing of one\u2019s face\u201d in public places, other than religious sites, with exceptions for health and safety, the climate and unspecified\u00a0local customs.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While browsing social media, I came upon an argument over the proposal. One friend argued that the bill was a good thing, meant to stop Muslim men from forcing their wives\/daughters to weir the veil. Another friend responded that it amounted to more of the same\u2014men telling women what they can and cannot wear. The first friend objected, noting that there are certainly women in the Swiss parliament, so the bill\u00a0isn\u2019t<\/em> men telling women what they can or cannot wear.<\/p>\n

Curious, I looked up the vote on the bill<\/a> and checked each MP\u2019s gender.<\/p>\n

The vote\u00a0was a close one, with 88 voting for and 87 against. Of these, 18 women voted for and 40 women voted against. In other words,\u00a0if\u00a0only women had been voting, the bill would have been soundly defeated, over two to one. Further, the\u00a0makeup of the Swiss parliament is skewed male. If it weren\u2019t\u2014if women comprised half the body and voted along the same lines as the women currently in parliament\u2014the bill would have been defeated. The bill only passed because it had strong male<\/em> support.<\/p>\n

So yes, I\u2019m afraid that we very much can say that this bill is an example of men telling women what\u00a0they can and cannot wear. Indeed, women voted against the bill more than two to one despite the bill\u2019s primary promoter\u2019s claim that it was designed to\u00a0\u201cmaintain public order and respect for the dignity of women.\u201d It appears that Swiss women disagree, and don\u2019t want to be told what they can and cannot wear in public.<\/p>\n

As I\u2019ve noted before<\/a>, bills like this has the unfortunate effect of further limiting the movement of conservative Muslim women, many of whom are immigrants. These women are vulnerable enough without being shut out of public life more fully.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While browsing social media, I came upon an argument over the proposal. One friend argued that the bill was a good thing, meant to stop Muslim men from forcing their wives\/daughters to weir the veil. Another friend responded that it amounted to more of the same—men telling women what they can and cannot wear. The first friend objected, noting that there are certainly women in the Swiss parliament, so the bill isn’t men telling women what they can or cannot wear. <\/p>\n

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