Thursday, February 04, 2010

French standards

"French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said the Moroccan man, who had married a French woman, failed to respect the “values of the [French] republic” by forcing his wife to wear a burqa." Of course, no man should ever force a woman to do anything but: according to French law, a man who beats his wife can get French citizenship, but a man who forces his wife to wear the burqa can't. But what about those men who force their wives to wear certain clothes?