Culture averse to women who show “too much” skin.

1) Respond to the following prompt.
On June 12, 1999, the New York Times (p. A4) reported that in Muslim West Beirut, Lebanon, women and men are expected to avoid sunbathing together except when they are engaged or married to one another. At one beach, “only a handful of women could be seen, and most were fully clothed, and sheltered by tents or beach umbrellas. Those who swam simply strolled into the water, until their baggy dresses began to float along beside them. . . . “

“I don’t bring my fiancee here, because if someone said something like ‘what a beautiful girl,’ there would have to be a fight,” said Hassan Karaki, who sat with other men on an all-male beach.

Randa Harb, 27, wore a modest pair of shorts and a tank top as she sat under an umbrella with her bare-chested husband and young son. “If you wear a bathing suit, you’re going to attract more attention,” Mrs. Harb said. “So my husband won’t let me, because he doesn’t want people to look and talk.”

Lebanon is not alone as home to a culture averse to women who show “too much” skin. In Iran, a strict Muslim republic, the insistence on female “modesty” means that women may not even enter hotel pools. In most Arab countries, except among elites, a standard women’s bathing suit is a dress.

Now answer the following questions:

To what extent does the cultural practice of denying women the right to wear swimsuits at beaches and swimming pools where men are present seem ethical or unethical to you?
On what ethical concepts and principles do you base your reasoning?
What similar situations can you think of where women (or men, for that matter) are expected not to do certain things either because of religious, legal, or social principles?

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