« They want to marginalize certain people and exclude them from public space » – Liberation

In this boxing club in the north of France, between women, we learn the art of hook and the Uppercut. Here, no distinction between skin colors and nobody pays attention to outfits, jogging or leggings, or hairstyles, veiled or not. Blond hair knotted in a ponytail, black hair retained by a large white banner, turban or scarf which do not let a wick exceed, it mixes without asking questions. They have their sport, and their indignation, in the face of The bill, voted in mid-February by the senators Before passing the National Assembly, which prohibits the wearing of the veil during the competitions, even as an amateur. « It shocks me, that we tell women what to do », said one of them.

On the subject, they requested anonymity, for fear of reactions. “They violate the integrity of the woman, her freedom of expression. In France, she should be able to veil herself if she wants to veil herself, undress if she wants to undress ”, Attack ball attack one of the participants, at the end of the training. The others approve: “You have to let the woman express themselves as she wishes. They want to hinder this freedom.  » A fuse anger, the sentences are jostling, overlapping, complement each other. Some had understood that