Exactly. The burkini is giving them a way to enjoy the beach and not violate their own religious customs/beliefs (or cause some sort of drama with their husbands). This is about white/western men asserting dominance over Muslim women’s bodies to take that power away from Muslim men (whether it’s real or perceived).…

Exactly. It’s the same reason that niqab bans are so counter-productive. Do people arguing for these bans for the sake of “women’s rights” really think that people are going to change sincerely held religious beliefs based on government edicts? No. It just means that women wearing the niqab now don’t leave their home,…

when your skin gets too brown

Oh, so public humiliation isn’t the best way to help immigrants assimilate? Huh, who knew.

the “what the fuck is wrong with you” is pretty implicit in the ruling and i am here for it

Why in cultural battles do women always seem to catch the worst of things?

A lot of Christian women wear conservative bathing suits. So is a wet suit or swim leggings and a rash gaurd also not ok? Imagine having 3 identically dressed women on a beach, 1 is a conservative Christian, one is just really worried about skin cancer (that would be me,) and one is a Muslim who is also wearing a…

from the boston globe:

Here’s a domestic abuse thing that has a happy ending and the comments are a thing of beauty too. (I know, ON REDDIT.) Make sure you sort them by oldest > newest, and expand the ones below the threshold so you can see more of the idiot being told off.

Fuck the attacker’s horrible family too, while we’re at it.

This is one of the MANY things that infuriates me about my husband. He was raised with “boys don’t cry, toughen up BE A MAN” and now is a raging lunatic whenever processing any kind of emotional situation.

“We were shocked how it turned out even after all the effort we put in. Anger is dangerous in a union and this is something we all should learn from.”

Jackline Mwende, 27, says she was counseled by her pastor to try to save her marriage, despite escalating abuse.

Yeah, I’m gonna go out on a limb and say churches shouldn’t be encouraging women to stay with their abusers. Save the marriage counseling for people with problems that won’t end in mutilation or death. This is absolutely appalling and I’m impressed that the government is going to care for Mwende, at least during this…

Pastor Kioko added: “But we noticed the man was determined to leave. So it was agreed that they live in peace in their separate homes

Thank biology, God, whatever and whoever you want to thank that that man can’t have children. I have a strong feeling he wouldn't be winning any father of the year awards.

Yeah. It kinda irked me that Fu said "I'm feeling a bit weak, but this is not an excuse."It still sounds like this athlete is shaming herself. I wish she had said "There's an earthquake AND a giant tsunami assaulting my uterus, but I kicked ass anyway."

Okay, I am a little shocked at the number of comments about how Fu Yuanhei should have used hormonal birth control to skip her period for Rio. Lady is an elite athlete who no doubt has tracked her fitness relative to nutrition, medications, rest, etc. for years. Shouldn't we give her the benefit of assuming she knows…

Some athletes believe hormonal bc decreases their aerobic ability and/or causes weight gain. If I were an elite level athlete, in the meet of my career, I wouldn’t be on hormonal bc.

Maybe she’s not on hormonal birth control. It screws with some people, and I can see what would be minor symptoms for a normal person being a challenge for an elite athlete in prime training.