Veiled Muslim woman threatens suit against Chevron for gas denial

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73. IMHO, then Norway as a society has to have a conversation and a vote on what THEY want

Western cultures have had that kind of cultural conversation on other cultural artifacts like FGM, wife beating, spousal inheritance etc.

Female oppression by patriarchal cultures is ancient. Many women buy into it for various reasons but that doesn't mean a culture or society has to allow it. With enough brutality and legal force, cultural baggage can be coerced into submission. I'm not saying it's right but Australian Aboriginal cultural nakedness is probably not allowed in Norway is it? A woman can't go and testify in court in her "native Aboriginal dress" of near nakedness can she? I'd guess not. And that's because Norway has had a conversation about what a woman can and cannot wear in public, made laws about it, and then brutally (?) enforced that. Regardless, your society has accepted those rules on that "type" of dress.

I predict Norway will follow other western cultures and ban it as a misogynistic garment designed to erase women. But that conversation MUST happen in Norway and Norwegians MUST make that decision on their own.