The Veil and the British Male Elite

3 Pages Posted: 25 Oct 2006

Date Written: October 2006

Abstract

All over the world, the law permits employers to impose reasonable grooming standards on employees. For example, the police officers may be prohibited from donning hippie hair and the schoolteachers may not be permitted to wear short skirts. Azmi will have a weak legal claim if the school can show a factual linkage between veil and teaching inefficacy. But that is not the point the British male elite, though known for their love of legal formalisms, is making. Their argument goes beyond the grooming standards at workplace. They wish to assimilate immigrant women into a prototypical woman who caters for male sensibilities and makes men feel comfortable.

Keywords: veil, Islam, feminism, employment discrimination

Suggested Citation

Khan, Ali, The Veil and the British Male Elite (October 2006). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=940025 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.940025

Ali Khan (Contact Author)

Legal Scholar Academy ( email )

Topeka, KS 66610
United States

HOME PAGE: http://www.legalscholar.org

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