Religious Clothing Discouraged for Women in France

Posted by: pinkpangea on: July 4, 2009

In: France| Women's Role
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French President Sarkozy discourages women from wearing burqas in France. He sees religiously-dictated overly-modest clothing as injustices to women’s dignity.
“Women Wearing Too Much Has New Meaning in France“: Bloomberg.com, June 24, 2009.

Tags: burqa, clothing, dignity, France, modesty, religious, Sarkozy

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