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Re:The American chess champion challenging Iran’s hijab fetish by pfortuny on Thursday October 06, 2016 @09:49AM (#12652391)
It happens that a woman is willing to forfeit her championship rights because she does not want to be forced to dress in a way just because she is a woman.

I gather that is big news.

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Re:The American chess champion challenging Iran’s hijab fetish by mcguire on Thursday October 06, 2016 @10:24AM (#12652670)
One wonders if she would also boycott a tournament in France because she could not wear a scarf there?
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Re:The American chess champion challenging Iran’s hijab fetish by pfortuny on Thursday October 06, 2016 @10:49AM (#12652904)
I do not know. But what she is doing now is just newsworthy, is it not?
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Re:The American chess champion challenging Iran’s hijab fetish by Chris2048 on Thursday October 06, 2016 @10:52AM (#12652940)
Can men wear scarfes?
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