1. Clothing laws and the Tolerance of Public Nudity Clothing laws and the Tolerance of Public Nudity
A. no law against being nude in public, however, 1. Saudi Arabia A. no law against being nude in public, however, using
using nudity to "harass, alarm or distress" others is nudity to "harass, alarm or distress" others is an
1. Saudi Arabia an offence; offence;
2. France
B. ban on bare skin and cross-dressing (wearing B. ban on bare skin and cross-dressing (wearing
2. France clothing associated with the opposite sex); clothing associated with the opposite sex);
3. Qatar
C. no make-up for men and lashes for pant-wearing C. no make-up for men and lashes for pant-wearing
3. Qatar
women; women;
4. North Korea
4. North Korea D. no pants for ladies and hair cuts for man; D. no pants for ladies and hair cuts for man;
E. ban on burqas and niqabs; 5. Sudan E. ban on burqas and niqabs;
5. Sudan
F. women caught wearing trousers risk hours of 6. Canada F. women caught wearing trousers risk hours of forced
6. Canada forced labor or fines of 700 won. labor or fines of 700 won.
7. North Korea
G. shoulders and knees should be covered G. shoulders and knees should be covered
7. North Korea
8. The UK .
8. The UK . H. legal nude sunbathing and swimming, being H. legal nude sunbathing and swimming, being topless
topless in public, streaking (the act of running in public, streaking (the act of running naked
9. The U.S.
naked through a public place) through a public place)
9. The U.S.
I. the wearing of pants (trousers) so low as to expose I. the wearing of pants (trousers) so low as to expose
the underwear (sagging) is banned the underwear (sagging) is banned

2. To interfere, or not to interfere?
Nudity in Western culture
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The western society has used nudity to oppress its own public and those
they have enslaved in the name of ‘liberation and modernity’. The idea of
using the naked form to humiliate and denigrate is a common thread
running through various groups within western society, which shows their
behaviour such as their naked brutality in Iraqi and Israeli prisons.
The more subtle form of the use of nakedness as a tool for subjugating and
controlling a particular group is to be found with western oppression of
women. They’re far from ‘liberated’ as the western propagandists wish
Muslim women to believe. In the West, there are several economical usage
of exploiting women – They’re used to sell almost everything from
shampoo to luxury cars. The use of female nudity in popular culture
generates an atmosphere which a particular role and image of women
develops – that’s the women are good for; dancing, half naked on music
videos, draping half naked over car bonnets in car shows, appearing on
billboard posters, being ‘cover girls’ on men’s magazines and enticing
cinema goers to see new Hollywood releases.
And We wished to do a favour to those who were weak and oppressed in the
lands, and to make them rulers and to make them the inheritors – Al-
Qassas:5.

3. Discussion:
1. What do the text and the picture above have in common? How are they related to the issue of
tolerance?
2. Do you agree with the statement that the western society has been enslaved by nudity?
3. Are women in the West being exploited by economy and commerce?
4. Should politicians from one culture interfere with customs of other cultures?
5. Sarkozy banned burqas in France in 2011. Was it an unreasonable limitation on religious freedom or
a justifiable restriction?
Discussion:
1. What do the text and the picture above have in common? How are they related to the issue of
tolerance?
2. Do you agree with the statement that the western society has been enslaved by nudity?
3. Are women in the West being exploited by economy and commerce?
4. Should politicians from one culture interfere with customs of other cultures?
5. Sarkozy banned burqas in France in 2011. Was it an unreasonable limitation on religious freedom or
a justifiable restriction?
Discussion:
1. What do the text and the picture above have in common? How are they related to the issue of
tolerance?
2. Do you agree with the statement that the western society has been enslaved by nudity?
3. Are women in the West being exploited by economy and commerce?
4. Should politicians from one culture interfere with customs of other cultures?
5. Sarkozy banned burqas in France in 2011. Was it an unreasonable limitation on religious freedom or
a justifiable restriction?
Discussion:
1. What do the text and the picture above have in common? How are they related to the issue of
tolerance?
2. Do you agree with the statement that the western society has been enslaved by nudity?
3. Are women in the West being exploited by economy and commerce?
4. Should politicians from one culture interfere with customs of other cultures?
5. Sarkozy banned burqas in France in 2011. Was it an unreasonable limitation on religious freedom or
a justifiable restriction?
Discussion:
1. What do the text and the picture above have in common? How are they related to the issue of
tolerance?
2. Do you agree with the statement that the western society has been enslaved by nudity?
3. Are women in the West being exploited by economy and commerce?
4. Should politicians from one culture interfere with customs of other cultures?
5. Sarkozy banned burqas in France in 2011. Was it an unreasonable limitation on religious freedom or
a justifiable restriction?

4. Discussion:
6. What do the text and the picture above have in common? How are they related to the issue of
tolerance?
7. Do you agree with the statement that the western society has been enslaved by nudity?
8. Are women in the West being exploited by economy and commerce?
9. Should politicians from one culture interfere with customs of other cultures?
10. Sarkozy banned burqas in France in 2011. Was it an unreasonable limitation on religious freedom or
a justifiable restriction?
Discussion:
6. What do the text and the picture above have in common? How are they related to the issue of
tolerance?
7. Do you agree with the statement that the western society has been enslaved by nudity?
8. Are women in the West being exploited by economy and commerce?
9. Should politicians from one culture interfere with customs of other cultures?
10. Sarkozy banned burqas in France in 2011. Was it an unreasonable limitation on religious freedom or
a justifiable restriction?
Discussion:
6. What do the text and the picture above have in common? How are they related to the issue of
tolerance?
7. Do you agree with the statement that the western society has been enslaved by nudity?
8. Are women in the West being exploited by economy and commerce?
9. Should politicians from one culture interfere with customs of other cultures?
10. Sarkozy banned burqas in France in 2011. Was it an unreasonable limitation on religious freedom or
a justifiable restriction?
Discussion:
6. What do the text and the picture above have in common? How are they related to the issue of
tolerance?
7. Do you agree with the statement that the western society has been enslaved by nudity?
8. Are women in the West being exploited by economy and commerce?
9. Should politicians from one culture interfere with customs of other cultures?
10. Sarkozy banned burqas in France in 2011. Was it an unreasonable limitation on religious freedom or
a justifiable restriction?
Discussion:
1. What do the text and the picture above have in common? How are they related to the issue of
tolerance?
2. Do you agree with the statement that the western society has been enslaved by nudity?
3. Are women in the West being exploited by economy and commerce?
4. Should politicians from one culture interfere with customs of other cultures?
5. Sarkozy banned burqas in France in 2011. Was it an unreasonable limitation on religious freedom or
a justifiable restriction?