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A burqa-bikini DoubleQuote worth reconsidering

[ by Charles Cameron — in these days of #COVID19 ]
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Bikini eyes burqa and vice versa:

Question:

I mask my face against the coronavirus.
I mask my face against the leering male gaze.
I’m a male — what should I do?

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3 Responses to “A burqa-bikini DoubleQuote worth reconsidering”

  1. Sally Benzon Says:
    April 4th, 2020 at 10:01 pm

    Dress in drag with a mask?

  2. Grurray Says:
    April 6th, 2020 at 5:46 pm

    ‘Society is founded upon cloth’, as Thomas Carlyle once wrote, and, setting aside the issue of whether or not male domination drives the clothing standards of one culture or another, the cloth that would provide an immediate practical solution to the male’s question would then be a cloth that would cover his own eyes.

  3. Charles Cameron Says:
    April 7th, 2020 at 3:52 pm

    Or cast your gaze on the ground?

    Be shellèd, eyes, with double dark
    And find the uncreated light:

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