But does she wear it because she likes it or does she believe “women have to hide their hair”
I feel like the second comment is acting deliberately obtuse, like it was a fashion choice without any further meaning behind it, even though that further meaning is obviously what the first comment is getting at.
There is a very political side to it too, whether you like it or not, at a time when women are being murdered for not wearing one.
I mean I guess? You could say I want to wear it, and the risk of being executed isn’t considered because I want to wear it anyways? I find that hard to believe, but I donno.
Not sure I follow. There are plenty women who live in countries where they wouldn’t be punished for showing their hair and they still choose to wear hijab, because they want to. That’s “wearing whatever they want” and it’s their prerogative.
All the women I’ve been friends with who’ve worn a hijab did it in part out of faith and in part to free themselves of the male gaze. Not the gaze of Muslim men, but of men in general. All made the choice to start wearing it on their own, as adults, and most of them eventually stopped wearing it. These were all college educated women.
This makes a ton of sense, I hate how easy it is for people to make snap judgements about people they don’t even know. I even double checked myself before posting my comment before. I haven’t gotten to know anyone that wears a hijab, here or in muslim countries.
I can’t speak from a Muslim perspective, but I can speak from an ex-christian fundamentalist perspective and I think that sometimes, even when we’ve made progress it can be hard to let go of some of the beliefs that direct affect you.
I stopped being a Christian when I became an adult but when I got pregnant I still held tightly to the belief that abortion was murder. I felt it was fine for others to go and do because we all have the right to choose what we do with our bodies, I knew women who’d had abortions, and I never once thought I would go to hell for it, but after a lifetime of conditioning it just felt wrong for me to do. Now I wouldn’t hesitate to get an abortion if I needed one.
Even when one has unpacked the luggage, it can take some time to reorganize it all and discard what you don’t need.
This is what bugs me. A lot of feminists are “it’s the woman’s choice what to do with her body” … and then hypocritically condemn women who choose “wrong”.
So much of the (usually American, sadly) Left is about attacking other leftists for not being pure enough while the right walks in lockstep.
I know, there are oppressive reasons the majority of women that wear hijabs in certain places do it for. But if it’s in America for example, and not because of her family you don’t really know enough about her beliefs about herself to really question it either tbh. She is probably hated for wearing it when she doesn’t have to.
But does she wear it because she likes it or does she believe “women have to hide their hair”
I feel like the second comment is acting deliberately obtuse, like it was a fashion choice without any further meaning behind it, even though that further meaning is obviously what the first comment is getting at.
There is a very political side to it too, whether you like it or not, at a time when women are being murdered for not wearing one.
That wouldn’t be “wearing whatever she wants” but “wearing it because she thinks she has to”.
I mean I guess? You could say I want to wear it, and the risk of being executed isn’t considered because I want to wear it anyways? I find that hard to believe, but I donno.
Not sure I follow. There are plenty women who live in countries where they wouldn’t be punished for showing their hair and they still choose to wear hijab, because they want to. That’s “wearing whatever they want” and it’s their prerogative.
All the women I’ve been friends with who’ve worn a hijab did it in part out of faith and in part to free themselves of the male gaze. Not the gaze of Muslim men, but of men in general. All made the choice to start wearing it on their own, as adults, and most of them eventually stopped wearing it. These were all college educated women.
This makes a ton of sense, I hate how easy it is for people to make snap judgements about people they don’t even know. I even double checked myself before posting my comment before. I haven’t gotten to know anyone that wears a hijab, here or in muslim countries.
I had a friend who would wear one whenever she didn’t feel like doing her hair.
I can’t speak from a Muslim perspective, but I can speak from an ex-christian fundamentalist perspective and I think that sometimes, even when we’ve made progress it can be hard to let go of some of the beliefs that direct affect you.
I stopped being a Christian when I became an adult but when I got pregnant I still held tightly to the belief that abortion was murder. I felt it was fine for others to go and do because we all have the right to choose what we do with our bodies, I knew women who’d had abortions, and I never once thought I would go to hell for it, but after a lifetime of conditioning it just felt wrong for me to do. Now I wouldn’t hesitate to get an abortion if I needed one.
Even when one has unpacked the luggage, it can take some time to reorganize it all and discard what you don’t need.
This is what bugs me. A lot of feminists are “it’s the woman’s choice what to do with her body” … and then hypocritically condemn women who choose “wrong”.
So much of the (usually American, sadly) Left is about attacking other leftists for not being pure enough while the right walks in lockstep.
Don’t feel bad about it. We accept killing people in lots of circumstances like self defense and war for example. That doesn’t make it good either.
Legal abortion is about saving the lives of women.
Abortions are neither fun, nor desirable, but a last resort in very difficult situations.
They are also about not forcing unwanted pregnancies on women.
I know, there are oppressive reasons the majority of women that wear hijabs in certain places do it for. But if it’s in America for example, and not because of her family you don’t really know enough about her beliefs about herself to really question it either tbh. She is probably hated for wearing it when she doesn’t have to.
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