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I'm torn on this one tbh, on the one hand I wouldn't be one for telling other women what they can and can't wear but on the other those clothes are just so representative of sexism and how women are looked upon as objects/property of their husbands
yes but they are not exactly wearing them by choice in the first place
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Straw-clutching before next year's election. Merkel's already blown it with her own people, I'm afraid.
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yes but they are not exactly wearing them by choice in the first place
Yes and therein lies a massive problem - i'd ban them , i don't want women around me looking like something out of Phantasm !
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yes but they are not exactly wearing them by choice in the first place
Well there are those who will argue it is a choice and they want to dress that way but I think the truth is closer to conditioning than choice.

If someone told you the sky was green your whole life you'd probably accept that, even if you can see its blue.
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Well there are those who will argue it is a choice and they want to dress that way but I think the truth is closer to conditioning than choice.

If someone told you the sky was green your whole life you'd probably accept that, even if you can see its blue.
What if you're colour blind?
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Well there are those who will argue it is a choice and they want to dress that way but I think the truth is closer to conditioning than choice.

If someone told you the sky was green your whole life you'd probably accept that, even if you can see its blue.
But what if green is blue and blue is green?
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