Archive for the ‘patriarchy’ tag
Are you a hardliner for opposing the exploitation of beauty?
As Global Voices Online reports:
Japundit links to a news story where visiting Japanese Miss Universe Riyo Mori was given a cold reception by protesters in West Java, Indonesia. The protesters are a part of a hardline Islamic group that opposes the exploitation of beauty.
There’s no mention in the news reports that are linked to as to whether or not the protestors are predominantly male or female (as in, should we understand the protests as a campaign to keep women inside a religious, patriarchal moralism, or should it be seen as a women’s piety movement for women?)
Besides, since when did opposing the exploitation of beauty become a hardline thing? Did I miss a meeting?
