I just cannot see forcing a woman to reveal a part of her body she is not comfortable revealing as

[muriel_volestrangler]

40. Look at the picture in #6. The police get the choice of how much to cover up.

One is in (fairly long) shorts; another in full length trousers. Yes, some people do want to cover up on the beach; it stops them getting sunburnt. And people have different preferences of how much to show. Not many men wear skimpy speedos to the beach these days; there is a cultural expectation to wear shorts with a certain amount of legging, because it's more 'decorous'. Some women never wear a bikini, but always a one-piece suit.

Enforcing conformity with fines is authoritarian. It's also a good way of dividing Muslim women off from the rest of the population. If they spend their time on a beach with lots of people with uncovered hair and skin, they'll see that as part of normal life. It will make them less likely to try and tell their own daughters they have to cover their hair. It might even encourage them to do it themselves.