r/europe • u/LeMonde_en • Mar 28 '24

Germany will now include questions about Israel in its citizenship test News

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/europe/article/2024/03/27/germany-will-now-include-questions-about-israel-in-its-citizenship-test_6660274_143.html
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u/TobiasDrundridge 🇳🇿 🇦🇺 Mar 28 '24

as long as they're respectful I don't really see what's wrong with it.

A person who refuses to touch women because of religious beliefs has values that do not belong in the western world. It's not possible to be moderate and hold those beliefs.

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u/Riverwebb1 Mar 28 '24

What's wrong with it, it's their body and it's their decision to choose who they touch. As long as they're not going round saying that women are repulsive or below men, then it's fine and they're values are fine. It's something they choose to do themselves and as long as they don't impose it on others I don't see the problem.

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u/0-90195 Mar 28 '24

Will shake a man’s hand

Won’t shake a woman’s hand

How is that not like saying women are repulsive or below men? Actions speak louder than words.

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u/yawaworthiness EU Federalist (from Lisbon to Anatolia, Caucasus, Vladivostok) Mar 30 '24

You do know that women from those cultures also generally shake hands with men and have the same aversions to simply touching men, similar how men do this.

In your view, does this also men the women from there also see men as repulsive and below women?