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Yupster

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3. I went to college in Austria in 1980
Sun Oct 15, 2017, 01:53 PM
Oct 2017

It was a very conservative, orderly society.

I went back a few years ago and was surprised to see people in full burkhas. I admit it was disturbing.

One time we were in a restaurant and two couples were at the neighboring table, both women in full burkhas. The women had tp bring each piece of food under their veil? to eat. They couldn't participate in the table talk. You couldn't see if they were enjoying themselves or not. When the waiter came, the woman would whisper in her husband's ear and the husband would ask the waiter for something for his wife. It wasn't just covering up. It was removing the woman from the picture. It was disturbing.

I'm not surprised the Austrians will forma backlash against this, especially Austrian women, who I found to be very assertive.

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