But she goes along with it nonetheless…
– There’s nothing surprising there. I have been in Qatar a couple of times on holiday with a friend of the family. It is an Islamic country where women hide their shoulders and knees. There are no undershirts, string tops or too tight clothes. These are the recommendations and they are, of course, the way to go. In a foreign country, you go according to the culture there, Henelius answers.
Conflating personal choice and workplace dress codes with state-enforced “morality” restrictions. These are the dumbest people you can meet. Contrary to Oriana Fallaci, the late Italian journalist who while interviewing the late Ayatollah Khomanei, disrobed in front of him.
From Oriana Fallaci’s website:
Not true, Imam. And in any case I am not referring only to a garment but to what it represents: that is, the segregation in which women were rejected after the Revolution. The very fact that they cannot study at university with men, for example, nor work with men, or swim in the sea or in the pool with men. They have to dive apart with the “chador”. By the way, how do you swim with the “chador”?
All this does not concern her. Our customs don’t concern you. If she does not like Islamic dress, she is not obliged to wear it. Because Islamic dress is for young and respectable women.
Very nice. And since he tells me so, I immediately remove this stupid rag from the Middle Ages. Done. But tell me: a woman who like me has always lived among men showing her neck and hair and ears, who was at war and slept at the front with the soldiers, do you think she is an immoral woman, a little respectable old woman?
NOTE: Interestingly enough, one of the journos insists that “when in Rome, do as the Romans do”. It’s something that she would never insist a Muslim foreigner to do while in Scandinavia. It always goes in one direction.
Qatar World Championships Reporters Dictated Tough Dress Code – YLE Reporter: “I Don’t Like It”
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– Everyone who works at the stadium must wear pants (or long shorts that cover the knees – applies to men). Women should not wear shorts, not even long ones. Sleeveless shirts must not be worn, neither men nor women, wrote Marie Lehmann , the Swedish broadcaster SVT, on her Instagram account on Monday.
Ilta-Sanomat asked Yle Inka Henelius and Nina Vanhatalo , who work at the World Championships, what they think about the dress code.
– The employer advised women to wear a long dress or pants to the ankles. And then the shoulders to be covered. That was enough to guide me, Vanhatalo says.
What do you think about the guidelines?
– Basically you first think that if it’s over 40 degrees Celsius and then you have to wear a lot. It’s not such a compatible combination. The idea is that it’s pretty hot. I have tried to think about it too, so that it also protects against the sun.
– In principle, I do not like being instructed in this way. It doesn’t look nice, but let’s try to go by these rules. We did not have to put on a scarf, it was not required.
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For Inka Henelius, the Qatar dressing instructions didn’t come as a surprise.
– There’s nothing surprising there. I have been in Qatar a couple of times on holiday with a friend of the family. It is an Islamic country where women hide their shoulders and knees. There are no undershirts, string tops or too tight clothes. These are the recommendations and they are, of course, the way to go. In a foreign country, you go according to the culture there, Henelius answers.
What do you think about the dress code?
– It’s no problem for me. By the way, I don’t like to wear mini skirts or otherwise small clothes. I don’t take it personally. It would be different if you had to wear a scarf or something that is not normal for your own dress.
Henelius recalls that journalists do not dress in open-air uniforms at YLE Sports anyway.
– We do not have the style of dressing lightly in office jobs or on the Sports screen. In the same way, we have recommendations and styles on the Sports screen, just like workwear.
