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

[RobinA]

143. I Get Where You Are Coming From

on this, but on the other hand... My family was Palatinate Germans who came from the Rhine Valley in the 1760s. They settled first in Germantown outside Philadelphia because that's where they landed. Pretty soon they made their way about two hours north to an area that...looked very much like where they came from. They built houses that looked like where they came from. They named towns after towns where they came from, New Alsace. They spoke a dialect that many who still live in that area speak today. My point is, it was always thus. My family eventually assimilated, as did the other Palatinate Germans, but it wasn't the first, or really even second, generation.

Most of the time when groups of people leave their native land they don't do so because they want to, they do it because they are chased out. It is extremely stressful to emigrate, and keeping things the same is a way to lessen a stress that can cause major problems.

I get the "plane goes both ways" sentiment as well. It's inherently rough for all involved.