Behold, the "Charming Burka"

Via Larwyn, at Jammie Wearing Fool's Digital Repression: Behold the Bluetooth Burqa, a mind-boggling excercise in lunacy at Der Spiegel:
FOR THE MODERN MUSLIM WOMAN
Lifting the Veil Using a 'Bluetooth Burqa'

Say what? Burqas and modernity have absolutely nothing in common, dude. Take a look:

Makes me want to ask, whadssup?

Der Speigel asks,

Can a burqa be sexy?

Can an instrument of repression be sexy? Only to those who think women should wear chastity belts to avoid rape.

Of course the moron who wrote the article comes up with a masterpiece of euphemism to justify the burqa:

A burqa may not be the flirtiest garment ever invented for women.

You're darn right; It may not be, not by a long shot.

Seamed stockings, anyone?

The highly modest head-to-toe robe even shrouds the eyes, so for centuries it's been difficult for women wearing them to send suggestive signals to men.

So modest indeed that those shrouded eyes don't even get to see the traffic when crossing the street (never mind that it's a good costume for suicide bombers).

Where was this electronic garment of oppresion shown? Right here in the USA:

A model demonstrated a prototype of Kison's garment at the Seamless 2008 design and fashion show in Boston, a high-tech fashion event run with support from the Masschusetts Institute of Technology.

And

But Kison's new design turns a burqa into a walking MySpace page.

Peachy.

It's a combination of supporting the oppression of women by giving the woman a chance to show off at the same time.

Don't be surprised if next MIT/Seamless design and fashion show feature a chastity belt with GPS. For the "modern Muslim woman" who doesn't want to ask for directions, of course.

MEANWHILE...
While the Boston fashion show features the "Charming Burka", in Iran Shoppers Riot Against Modesty Police



Update
Der Surrender continues.

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Chastity belts and the foundation of civilization

Warning: Post not suitable for work

I was rushing this morning to do several things and managed to finish well ahead of schedule, but I wasn't planning to post until later. Then I came across a news item that made me change my mind.

Also, I don't post when I'm angry, but right now I'm making an exception.

First, for a definition:
civ-i-li-za-tion

An advanced state of intellectual, cultural, and material development in human society, marked by progress in the arts and sciences, the extensive use of record-keeping, including writing, and the appearance of complex political and social institutions.

The basic premise of civilization is that men (and I mean men, not mankind, not men and women) can control their instincts and impulses in order to achieve an advanced state of development.

What, then, do we make of this?
Malaysian Islamic cleric proposes chastity belts to stop rape

Kuala Lumpur - A leading Malaysian Muslim cleric has suggested that all women should be fitted with chastity belts as a deterrent to rape and incest, a news report said Friday.

Abu Hassan Al-Hafiz, an influential cleric from the northeastern Terengganu state, said that women were most safe from sexual predators if they donned some form of barrier to their sexual organs.

Ponder that for a moment. This sorry excuse for a man is saying that it's the women's fault because they're not donning a Medieval artifact of torture.

It's clear he doesn't think the predators are to blame.

'We have even come across a number of unusual sex cases, where even senior citizens and children are not spared. The best way to avert sex perpetrators is to wear protection,' Abu Hassan said in a sermon late Thursday, quoted by the Star daily.

My idea of protection would be firearm. Or a taser gun. Or a sharp enough knife.

I don't believe that thought ever entered the cleric's mind, though.

The cleric says he means well,

'My intention is not to offend women but to safeguard them from sex maniacs.

but here comes the real reason,

Besides, husbands could also feel more secure, if you know what I mean.'

We know exactly what you mean - that the little bitches can't be trusted. That's why they must be mutilated before they even reach puberty.

But hey, it's part of the cultural landscape, isn't it?

Abu Hassan said that the practise of women wearing chastity belts in Malaysia could be traced to as recent as the mid-1960s.

I want to know, where are the Monologuers?
Where, indeed?
Fjordman

other feminists in academia assert that the veil, or even the burka, represents "an alternative feminism." Dr. Wairimu Njambi is an Assistant Professor of "Women's Studies" at the Florida Atlantic University. Much of her scholarship is dedicated to advancing the notion that the cruel practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) is actually a triumph for Feminism and that it is hateful to suggest otherwise. According to Njambi "anti-FGM discourse perpetuates a colonialist assumption by universalizing a particular western image of a 'normal' body and sexuality."

Because what it all comes down to is that, in the long run, we're all "uncovered meat" for those intent on taking us back to the Dark Ages.

PS Meanwhile in Sweden...

Update, Saturday, 17 January Just kidding?
The women don't think so:

"We hope he realises that he is definitely insulting all men by suggesting women have to be restrained because men are incapable of controlling their lust," SIS said in a Press statement.