The full-body bathing suit favoured by some Muslim women has become a bugbear of the European far right, which has campaigned to restrict Muslim dress in public spaces.
In a ruling made public this week, the Salzburg Court found that the hotel in the western ski resort of St. Johann im Pongau had discriminated against two Austrian Muslim women by preventing them from wearing the garment.
After a heated argument with the manager, who insisted that the burkini was unhygienic and made other guests feel uncomfortable, the women filed a complaint about the incident last year.
It found that the hotel manager’s argument that the garment was unhygienic “does not hold water, as burkinis are made from the same materials as other swimwear and routine water checks found no irregularities”.
Don’t really see a problem with someone covering themselves up more to go for a swim if they want to tbh.
Isn’t it essentially a long sleeve rash vest with a hood
Exactly; they’re not harming anyone. This was/is just bigots making an excuse to harass people they think will be easy targets.
Also, yes, “burkini” is just a racist term for a rash guard.
I’m a man and I cover up more than that when I go swimming because I burn easily.
Also, yes, “burkini” is just a racist term for a rash guard.
Not really. A burkini also includes head and neck coverage and long leggings. The name is used by the brands who make and sell them to specify that combination.
I wish I could find a rash guard that would cover more of my neck, and it’s also quite hard to find good swimming leggings longer than board shorts. If they made burkinis that would fit a 1.95m tall guy I’d probably get one.
Rash guards come with hoods, you just have to specify that when searching for them. I was even able to get one recently that has both a hood and a built-in neck gaiter.
I agree though that the selection of swim leggings for men is not good.
Was interested in shorts you can swim and cycle in. Shame they cost so much though, it’s essentially looking for triathlon gear. Also not a massive fan of how skin tight they seem to be.
Also I live by the sea, so it’s salt water rather than fresh. There might just not be any practical options. Unless maybe a 2 layer approach could work, base layer to prevent rubbing and then regular swim shorts over the top.
Religion is just plain evil left and right.
Long swimwear should but be more accepted and popular due to sun protection in a warming Europe. The bigots want to peek at others wives asses though.
What’s evil about this though? The Muslim women sued the hotels themselves. The evil Muzlamics have concocted a dastardly plan to prevent us from oogling at womens breasts!
European far right being racist. And also patriarchal Muslim precepts.
Yeah IDGAF what people wear as long as they aren’t pushing their bullshit on anyone else.
Some things should be discriminated against
The hygiene thing might hold up in places where any loose fitting clothes are disallowed, like most French swimming pools. But in sea or lake water that’s already held to much lower hygiene standards it makes no sense at all.
Edit: based on research on difference in hygiene between swimming trunks and speedos (in dutch: https://nos.nl/artikel/2590460-onderzoek-bevestigt-strakke-zwembroek-hygienischer-dan-wijd-model )
That is a very vague article, one could argue two things:
- loose swimwear is often used as shorts outside the pool and thus covered in more dirt (behavior problem)
- the additional material gathers more bacteria out of the water = a cleaner pool! /s
