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In reply to the discussion: I was thinking about the issues surrounding the hijab yesterday [View all]Ms. Toad
(38,655 posts)("I would never stand between anyone and their God,"
when what you really mean is that you support individual choice only when these women make the choice you approve of.
I have spoken to enough Muslim women who have made a choice (both ways) to know that for them it is a choice. Have you ever actually sat down and had a heart to heart with the women you are trashing as, essentially, too stupid to understand that their choice is not really a choice? That's a pretty misogynistic attitude.
Again - participate in an interfaith gathering. Befriend some real live Muslim women - and when you know them well enough, have a conversation with them about why they have made the choices they have. The comments you are making about grown women's ability to choose for themselves to cover (or not) are just as vile as and mysogynistic as those who would mandate they cover. But until you choose to expose yourself to conversations with real women, you're unlikely to lose your prejudices.