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Eiffel Tower employees strike after female staff removed
- skullone 29d agoTolerance of intolerance, what a world
- netsharc 29d agoAs a thought experiment, perhaps someone there thought not fulfilling the Indian group's request would be seen as insensitive. I suppose the decisionmaker needs to know what societal values one has to uphold, and in which order of importance. As a wild example, if the group had demanded the women walk around in the nude, because of their religion, it'd be obvious to say no because it'd violate so many of the employees' values.
- SoftTalker 29d agoYes, it boils down to a conflict between two cultures. And when you visit a place, the expectation should be that you will respect local culture. If you cannot do that, stay home.
- netsharc 29d agoAnd there's respecting of guests' religion. What if the Hindus had said "we are vegans, please don't serve us meat" - probably reasonable enough, although I seem to recall some rightwingers getting angry about some other occasion where only vegetarian food was to be served. Yeah, as a host I'd be fine with meeting their dietary restrictions; but would refuse their with staff gender restrictions. Somehow the management company didn't know where this acceptability border lied.
- tharmas 29d agoThis! And the Elites tut tut at people voting AfD and Le Pen. These %$%#@& are fuelling the far right. Facepalm!
- irickt 29d agoConsider https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance
- Cheyana 29d ago[flagged]
- netsharc 29d agoProbably not HN-relevant... But I find it flabbergasting that in 2026 someone in the management thought it'd be okay to tell female staff to hide, just because some delegation demanded it. But for the tech-relevancy angle; They could've asked AI "Would this be fine?". (Untested, presumably the AI would say "Merde! Non!")
- kshacker 29d agoWhether it be corporates, Eiffel Tower management, or religious groups, I guess the new norm is - better to ask for forgiveness. I am Indian origin so full disclosure done. I saw a picture of the group's 93 year old head in ascetic robes, the one who does not see women, have a picture below Eiffel Tower for memories. Sir, what part of asceticism do you teach?
- Haven880 25d agoMaybe 93 years of not seeing women and touching one might pose danger to their health? I assume if the old man accidentally bump the lady, the heart would beat so fast and blood rushing away from brain to some place down there which might kill him? Probably staying in cave or all-male monastery would be a wiser choice.
- ahofmann 29d agoTo play devils advocate: Isn't it that the management had to choose between two potential problematic decisions? What if the management declined the hindu request and then the hindus made a big fuss about it? Wouldn't people scream "how could they think that discriminating the hindu religion would be a good decision?!?".
- netsharc 29d ago"They wanted us to hide female staff" would get French society to support them again..
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- guywithahat 29d agoThere's an irony those unions have supported the very politicians who brought the Hindus over who request the women be removed. People forget western culture is a unique culture, and could easily be supplanted. As others have pointed out though this probably isn't relevant for HN
- Arodex 29d ago[flagged]
- guywithahat 29d agoFair enough, the apostrophe was incorrect. Everything else you said feels a bit ignorant though, if you want to live in a world where women are banned from working that's your opinion but I will disagree with you.
- Arodex 29d agoIf you want to live in a world where brown people are banned from living in France that's your opinion but I will disagree with you.
- john_577261 29d agoBrown people banned from france?, what are you talking about? Not having women barred from working at a place doesn't ban a group. Also a typo doesn't invalidate a point,not everyone cares if you miss some grammar on a comment.
- hagbard_c 29d agoLet's adapt your own prose to your statement: maybe you claim this because you are "native", and yet at the bottom of the intellectual scale because you are overeducated, who decided his only joy in life is to punch what you consider to be 'down'
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- a34729t 29d agoAll 3 things are so typical: 1) Ascetics living the high life 2) The French striking 3) Europeans throwing modern civil rights under the bus to accommodate foreigners who don't respect women
- netsharc 29d agoRegarding 3) This is France, where in some areas swimwear on beaches is regulated. No "burkini", even non-tight-fitting swimshorts were disallowed. So to shake your head and think "Woke Europe" would be too simplistic.
- spwa4 29d agoIt is distressing that so many groups, usually calling themselves "ideologies" or "religions" demand that the countries where they happen to be cancel their own values. ESPECIALLY when it comes to values like equality. In this case equality between men and women, but let's not pretend that for most ideologies that is any more than just one of many inequalities they would like to introduce. Sorry, "to have respected", as if that means anything different.
- amelius 29d ago> Company head Ariel Weil told the AFP news agency that SETE will "draw the necessary conclusions" from the case. Weil himself is an elected official in Paris. Curious what those conclusions will be.
- OutOfHere 28d agoReligious cults have no business going to the Eiffel Tower in the first place. In general I would consider all religious cults a security risk. They also are likely using public donations to fund their frivolous outing.