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

[underahedgerow]

124. No, none of those things. What I expect is that if she wants to not wear a headscarf or

a burqini that her adopted country would support her right not to be forced to wear such items, superceding the demands of her family.

For all we know, the woman in France who was told to disrobe by the police was being forced to wear this item to the beach by her husband or family.

And it's not about enforcing socio-religious expectations on anyone, it has nothing to do with France's religions of choice - no one is being forced to become xstian. It's about not permitting the display of repressively oppressive cultural clothing which, by its permission, validates the premise of the regressive and archaic religious rules that are not socially acceptable in this modern world.

You may not realize that males in the extremist ME cultures control everything females wear, right down to their underwear. I was baffled for years to see husbands even choosing their wive's sanitary hygiene products. Yes, many, many times I have seen, up close and in person, men choosing the maxi-pads they allow their wives to use. It's entirely possible that some women actively choose such a lifestyle; we've seen this type of behavior in the freaky mormon and LDS cults that also enable the extreme oppression and exploitation of females. And it's always at the female's expense, not for their benefit. What female benefits by males choosing their garments for them and controlling all aspects of her life?

And finally, as Cannes Mayor Cannes Mayor David Lisnard. "It is precisely to protect these women that I took this decision. The burkini is the uniform of extremist Islamism, not of the Muslim religion