Swiss school allows exemption for Muslim teens who refused to shake hands with female teachers

[Johnny Guitar]

You're generalizing, yet again, and honestly I haven't seen flat out sexism get very far anywhere in the west so either German conservatives are a bunch of sexists and I'm unaware of it or you're pulling it out of your ass.

Go reread what I said about comparisons, I said anything can be compared but that you're making a stupid comparison. (in my honest opinion)

[Killuah]

[QUOTE=Johnny Guitar;50092585]I haven't seen flat out sexism get very far anywhere in the west [/QUOTE]

Are you for real???

[Tarver]

[QUOTE=Killuah;50092831]Are you for real???[/QUOTE]

The West is pretty liberal in comparison to the East to be honest,which might or might not where these people pick up their habits from

[Killuah]

[QUOTE=Tarver;50092930]The West is pretty liberal in comparison to the East to be honest,which might or might not where these people pick up their habits from[/QUOTE]

But that's not what he is saying. He's not talking in relations.
The key here is "might or might not"

[Sgman91]

[QUOTE=Killuah;50092534] but that's not what conservatives are promoting.[/QUOTE]

Wait, are you arguing that conservatives want to force all women out of the workforce? I don't know if German conservatives are way different than US conservatives, but US conservatives never argue that.

[Matrix374]

[QUOTE=plunger435;50092467]I didn't think this was a male only thing though? I've had Muslim females deny a handshake from me before.[/QUOTE]

It does go both ways
which is why I'm baffled how this can be related anywhere close to sexism

[joes33431]

[QUOTE=sgman91;50094134]Wait, are you arguing that conservatives want to force all women out of the workforce? I don't know if German conservatives are way different than US conservatives, but US conservatives never argue that.[/QUOTE]

they obviously aren't against women in the workforce

but they certainly are against measures, like paid maternity leave, that prevent women from being forced out by the disproportionate child-rearing responsibility that we place on them.

and many are against measures a step backward in the chain - like contraception and sex ed - that prevent women from being forced out of the classroom and the workplace by unexpected pregnancy.

in other words, rank-and-file conservative social policy probably isn't discriminatory in conscious intent, but can certainly be discriminatory in impact.