Buffalox comments on Plane passenger invoked Sharia law to avoid sitting next to a woman, then attacked flight attendant

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child)

No? I’m comparing it to something like hugs, which are acceptable cross-gender greetings in some places

No it's not, not among strangers in a random situation like sitting besides each other in a plane.
But sure if both parties are OK with it, why should society be involved with a voluntary legal interaction between 2 people that consent?

Not consenting to sit beside a woman however is CLEARLY discriminatory. As is attacking the flight attendant for doing her job! It is not normal or polite behavior. It is prejudiced religious bigotry.
And anyone behaving like that can fuck right off, and live in a paradise of religious bigotry in some religiously fanatic country.
You are trying to compare crazy with normal. Religious law is based on superstition and delusions. Democracy is based on the pursuit of building a better and fairer society for all.
Democracy is the opposite of being based on religion. If you want to live under laws based on religion, you do not belong or deserve to live in a democracy.

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[–] testaccount789@sh.itjust.works -4 points 3 months ago

Not consenting to sit beside a woman however is CLEARLY discriminatory.

Other behavior aside, how?
Following Merriam Webster:

Discrimination: the act, practice, or an instance of unfairly treating a person or group differently from other people or groups on a class or categorical basis (such as race, religion, gender, or sexual orientation)

Is this even treating someone else like anything other than yourself in the first place?*
Sitting next to someone wouldn't provide anything. In fact, it's quite negative.
* Well, perhaps in this case that means unfairly treating people of your own gender by increasing possibility of someone sitting next to them in certain scenarios, which would fullfil the definition of discrimination.

In this case, if there were no other seats available, simply not taking the flight would have caused no harm. Actually, it would have made one passenger who'd keep more space happy. While it could be argued the passenger got better experience unfairly, based on her gender, I doubt anyone would give that a serious thought.