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Originally Posted by Withano

I mean 80% of the posts on the first page blamed an entirely different religion, although alot have rightfully been removed now. So perhaps research can be good. There are compromises to make in life, cultures conflict and religions are the main priorities to some people, this should be respected. Crying equal rights for all whilst saying religious people should skirt around the beliefs you dont like is just a bit hypocritical.

Their intentions were not sexist, it was the opposite, it was out of respect for the woman. Not researching this and making untrue assumptions is just intolerant.

The airline didnt handle this correctly, the woman certainly didnt handle this correctly, the monks should have probably explained themselves better to avoid the confusion from the woman and those who havent researched on this thread, but perhaps they didnt realise how little people know about cultural differences.

No religious belief is more important than the right of human equality. It's simple, not hypocritical at all. You can believe in fairies if you like, as long as you don't presume to infer that your belief in fairies somehow makes someone else less worthy to sit next to you. You have no way of knowing what their intentions were. But the simple fact is demanding not to sit next to a woman is sexist. Cultural differences piffle.

When you are busy pandering to others beliefs are you also agreeable with people, usually women, being stoned to death for appostacy or adultery? Those are religious beliefs too.