Warbler said:

CP3S said:

I think this Palestinian-American blogger has her thinking on the right track on the subject:

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/04/24/is-the-hijab-worth-fighting-over/in-hijab-debate-a-weak-vision-of-feminism

and wouldn't a ban on burkas enforce the idea that women's bodies are not their own?

Yeah, did you not read the little blurb that I linked to and you quoted? That is exactly what it is saying.

I don't think anyone should tell anyone else how they should dress. Unless maybe it is obscene or overly offensive.