Burn Your Burqinis, Ladies

Above are pictures of the "hot" new swimwear being offered to ladies of the muslim faith who wish to dip their toes in the water. Hot is just the right word for this stuff. It'll cook the women imprisoned in it damn near as effectively as an honest-to-god burka will do. And to what point, I might ask? Wearing one of these lovely outfits is not going to do a complete job of concealing the femininity of the wearer. I mean, just look! You can see their feet. Such a show of skin. I fear it might be enough to lead some good muslim mama's boy astray.

These ridiculous burqinis are obviously outfits dreamed up by some poor woman who has bought into the crapload of constraints placed on the distaff side by intolerant misogynists. They look like the kind of restrictive wear women of the western world left behind in the earlier 1900's. We've come a long way since then, actually being able to do things like compete in swim meets without a ton of extra fabric weighing us down, giving the advantage to the other swimmers in the competition, and proclaiming to the world that we are still accepting being the downtrodden.

Why should any woman be expected to wear such an eyesore, if the men are going to be wearing a speedo? What's the difference between them being able to see the outline of breasts beneath a woman's swimwear and a woman being able to see the outline of some guy's dangler beneath his swim trunks? The one is no different than the other, unless you accept the bullshit that the one gender is in some way inferior to the other.

If every woman sweltering under one of these god-awful excuses for a swimsuit (or any other restrictive outfit, for that matter) were to declare "screw you" to the men oppressing her, there would be just too many of us; too much strength for the misogynists to overcome.

When is it ever going to happen, sisters?