Well, concerning the burqa question it seems logical to me that women should be asked, or at least the women who have to wear burqas, it concerns them directly. Only they can tell what it realy means to them and what it feels like wearing one.

The same pattern came up with women givinge birth to babies - men just had no real live experience what it means to be pregnant. That might change now, as in the next few days for the second time a man is bringen a baby into this world. :-D