But it's part of a larger debate going on all over Western Europe about how to deal with clashing cultural traditions, so there is an infuriating tendency to make this all about Islam even though there are plenty of Christian and non-religious families where father knows best, and plenty of Muslim families where parents make decisions together about the welfare of their children.
People are drawing parallels to the painful and difficult shower curtain debate, and as upsetting as it is to me, I can't imagine how hurtful it must be to Muslims. (The shower curtain debate was about the school's curriculum of body confidence and demystification of human bodies vs. culturally/religiously motivated body modesty. Traditionally children shower together after gym class until puberty, but some parents would only allow their children to go to gym class if they could have gender segregated changing rooms, and if the showers could have cubicles or curtains so even children of the same gender could not see each other's bodies.)
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But it's part of a larger debate going on all over Western Europe about how to deal with clashing cultural traditions, so there is an infuriating tendency to make this all about Islam even though there are plenty of Christian and non-religious families where father knows best, and plenty of Muslim families where parents make decisions together about the welfare of their children.
People are drawing parallels to the painful and difficult shower curtain debate, and as upsetting as it is to me, I can't imagine how hurtful it must be to Muslims. (The shower curtain debate was about the school's curriculum of body confidence and demystification of human bodies vs. culturally/religiously motivated body modesty. Traditionally children shower together after gym class until puberty, but some parents would only allow their children to go to gym class if they could have gender segregated changing rooms, and if the showers could have cubicles or curtains so even children of the same gender could not see each other's bodies.)