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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Arrogant American" is what they will say. [/quote]

She's been that for years. Why should she class it up now? [/quote]

Because wearing a headscarf would have been the classy choice?[/quote]

Respecting the norm in your host country? Yes, that would have been class.

Snarling your way through the event without one? Not so much.[/quote]

Curious if the PP has ever visited a gulf country? Specifically Saudi Arabia? "Respecting the norm" in KSA means that as a woman you cannot walk on the sidewalk alone, drive a car, speak with men who are not your husband. In many cases, women will eat separately from their families because they are not allowed to show their face to men they aren't married to. It means that when I travelled there for business, I needed a male colleague to travel with me to function as my "chaperone". It means I had my passport confiscated for over an hour by ignorant airport employees because I wasn't with my husband, and couldn't sit in the lobby of my hotel alone. My colleague had to call me from our hotel lobby when our car was ready to drive to our meetings. For the record, I was doing business with an arm of the Saudi government and I also wore suits to my meetings. I also didn't cover my hair, since those "rules" apply only to Muslim women.

What would crazy conservatives say if Michelle had showed up in an abaya? Like another PP said, she can't win in this situation. [/quote]

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