# Woman Denied French Citizenship for Refusing Handshake

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**Created:** [April 20, 2018, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-denied-french-citizenship-for-refusing-handshake/812826 "2018-04-20T22:28:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Batano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@Batano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batano)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-denied-french-citizenship-for-refusing-handshake/812826/59 "2018-04-24T00:04:10Z")

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I agree with the French in this case. France has a culture, they have a right to maintain it, and citizenship through natutrlisation is a privelege. The woman showed that she did not fully embrace French values. There are hundreds of other countries where she could try and become a citizen. Many of them happily oppress women and she might feel more at home in one of them.

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