Daily Archive: September 14, 2009

The headscarf all over…again 1

The headscarf all over…again

Sometimes particular debates become very irritating. In particular because they seem to return every year. The headscarf debate is probably the clearest example. Following the debates in Antwerp and among feminists the debate has also hit the Netherlands. What is at stake in this whole debate on both sides is a struggle for the right of women not to be judged on (and reduced to) their appearance but since it seems to be a debate between white, non-Muslim feminists as well it is also about something else.