Great cartoon: Burka vs Bikini - symbols of male-dominated cultures

[prayin4rain]

64. That's the western interpretation. Many of them

believe through their faith that modesty is a virtue and cover themselves, by their own choice, to respect themselves and their deity.

Many women of all faiths try to find ways to be received primarily for their personality, intellect, goodwill, etc. instead of how appeasing they look to the dominant gender in their society. Many women are happy to try to garner favor with their bodies.

Point is, the poster was not setting up a: wearing a bikini to the beach for a swim vs. being stoned to death for wearing a burka comparison. The many implications that they were are dishonest.

It was more like a: living in a society where you feel worthless/invisible unless you look like the woman in the picture vs. living in a society where you must go unseen, but therefore must be judged on something other than aesthetics comparison.

Or showing how each society seeks to marginalize women by placing the amount of focus that each do on women's looks, albeit in different ways.

The strawmen avalanche just really irritated me.