This article discusses the interaction
between the tenets of multiculturalism and
liberalism, and questions how civil
government should treat culture- or
religion-based rights claims that are
incompatible with gender equality. It
creates three classifications in relation
to recent perspectives on
'multiculturalist-liberalism' and the
issue of veil-wearing by Muslim girls and
women. First, 'vision-impaired liberalism'
is supposedly blind to increasing harms to
women caused by preferential treatment of
religions. Second, 'monocular liberalism'