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Teenager told byMcDonalds to remove her hijab because it posed a "security threat"A woman has critic
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This, if hoodies and hats etc. are banned why aren't headscarves?
Someone hasn't had their coffee yet!
Wearing a hijab is not exactly hardline.
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Banning women from wearing certain clothes does not tackle oppression against women
19 is included in the age range 13-19
At one point hoodies were a popular garment to hide yourself from cameras/security if you were planning on committing a crime, hijabs were not. Hijabs only hide your hair and shoulders really, not your face or anything else, so unless security have a picture book of criminal hairstyles, id on't think its helping anyone. Hats with brims also serve to shield your face from cameras.
I wouldn't say wearers are likely to be pretty religious. I knew people who didn't consider themselves that religious, ate whatever they wanted and still wore one as normal. They said it was just something they were use to wearing and didn't like going out in public without.
19 is included in the age range 13-19
At one point hoodies were a popular garment to hide yourself from cameras/security if you were planning on committing a crime, hijabs were not. Hijabs only hide your hair and shoulders really, not your face or anything else, so unless security have a picture book of criminal hairstyles, id on't think its helping anyone. Hats with brims also serve to shield your face from cameras.
I wouldn't say wearers are likely to be pretty religious. I knew people who didn't consider themselves that religious, ate whatever they wanted and still wore one as normal. They said it was just something they were use to wearing and didn't like going out in public without.
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Well, the 80's mullet was a crime.....(against fashion)
Not that I ever had one......honest.....
At one point Jags were the preferred car of choice for criminals, shall we stop anyone who drives a Jag from entering a town? Can a headscarf not be pulled forward to overhang your head like a hood can?
All I'm saying is if there is a 'No headwear policy' then this constitutes headwear and thus should be removed to enter the premises.
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If a headscarf was being used to hide the face then you can ban them , but banning a hijab worn properly does not do anything for security.
Hoodies, caps and hats with brims hide the face from cameras when worn normally. That is the reason why they are banned, not because companies hate head-wear. The no headwear policy is a security policy not a policy for the sake of etiquette or fashion.
If you wanted to follow the rules to the letter and ignore the purpose of the rules then you could ban wigs/toupees too but that would also be unreasonable.
No it wouldnt.
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If people find asking a young girl to take off her hijab in the middle of a McDonalds unreasonable, then i would imagine making a similar spectacle of an aging man or someone who had lost hair for other reasons having to take off a ludicrous bit of carpet from his head also unreasonable. It would be humiliating and degrading.
Have you ever actually spoken to any Muslim women? Wearing a head scarf is something most do and isn't exactly a sign of oppression. A girl at work loves wearing them as she doesn't have to "spend time faffing with her hair on a morning".
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Correct me if I'm wrong but wouldn't wearing a hijab be the same physically/cover same amount of face as an open motorcycle helmet?
Turn 18 your an Adult... but still a teenager???
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An open helmet still sticks out a few inches from your forehead and so obscures as much as a short rimmed hat. It also offers protection against blows tot eh head and can be a pretty nasty weapon if wielded. Some places even ask you to put them behind the bar or leave them in the vehicle if you can.
Teenager = Someone in their 'teens'
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Yes, obviously. Eighteen. Also nineteen.
A person between childhood and adulthood is an adolescent. "Teenager" is often incorrectly used as if it meant the same thing, but it doesn't.
As for this "shocking" "hate crime", what a blivet. A security guard who had been told to tell people to remove head coverings did so, not having been told that privileged religions are exempt from the rules everyone else has to follow. They were doing their job as ordered and in a reasonable manner. The only offensive thing is the grotesque over-reaction to it. Hate crime? My arse.