Comments on: Malaysia bans Baron Cohen’s ‘Bruno’ film http://www.365gay.com/news/malaysia-bans-baron-cohens-bruno-film/ The daily news source for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:46:48 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: DaveW http://www.365gay.com/news/malaysia-bans-baron-cohens-bruno-film/comment-page-1/#comment-73768 DaveW Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:55:53 +0000 http://www.365gay.com/?p=9895#comment-73768 I know, she's just an entertainer, but wouldn't it be nice if people wouldn't bow to bigotry. Forget our issues, isn't "dressing conservatively" an insult to women? Surely that means don't show any raw meat...as flies will be flies. Bowing to "cultural differences" which in this case is not that at all but rather aiding and abetting the demonization of women under the guise of respecting culture has to stop if we are to make a difference in the world. Female genital mutilation, for example, can't be viewed as a historical cultural artifact. It is something much more sinister and not worthy of "respect". I know, she’s just an entertainer, but wouldn’t it be nice if people wouldn’t bow to bigotry. Forget our issues, isn’t “dressing conservatively” an insult to women? Surely that means don’t show any raw meat…as flies will be flies.

Bowing to “cultural differences” which in this case is not that at all but rather aiding and abetting the demonization of women under the guise of respecting culture has to stop if we are to make a difference in the world.

Female genital mutilation, for example, can’t be viewed as a historical cultural artifact. It is something much more sinister and not worthy of “respect”.

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