the remarkable advances that have been made over the past century in the quest for gender equality and women's empowerment," she said. "However it also underscores the fact that despite widespread guarantees of equality, the reality for many millions of women is that justice remains out of reach." And your support of sexist practises perpetrated upon women is nothing to crow about Sparrow. chill_out : 07 Jul 2011 9:39:12am Well said Hetty, but how do you go about helping women who think it is their will that they need to wear this sexist form of clothing? Shouldn't there be a law against any religious practise in this country which produces inequality between male and female? JackieK : 06 Jul 2011 6:43:05pm Good article Jeff.It certainly isn't premature for a discussion on these proposed laws prior to knowing the full content. The whole point is, that its the thin edge of the wedge. And I DO mean 'wedge' as in 11 years of Howard & 'wedge' politics creeping back in. I'd hoped we'd matured as a nation and a people and that even the suggestion of a law based on someone's cultural/religious attire would be tossed aside as an invasion of human rights.(See Article 18 Universal Declaration of Human Rights.) Debbie : spiderfish : Too bad that the Muslim culture involves wearing the Hijab. If the STIG spawned a cult of helmet wearing citizens, then I believe these too would be subject to cultural vilification. In fact you probably find the