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Originally Posted by Joshua Nightshade  There's no similarities between what Orthodox Jewish women are required to wear and a baseball cap either.
Come on Aimee, you live in freaking New York City for god's sake. |
Eh. I'm not going to defend one religion's wacky dress code over another so Meh I say. It's all stupid.
But burka's are at the top of the list for wacky & oppressive. They should all knock off this foolishness but burkas ought to be the first to go.
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Originally Posted by Joshua Nightshade Incidentally I went to school with a girl from Iran who was rather devoutly Muslim as well as a lesbian (out to her family) who wore a burqa because she felt it was a symbol of her beliefs and heritage. I didn't agree with her, but it was her right, and nobody could act like it wasn't something she had forced on her when her parents had her girlfriend over for dinner all the time. |
The anecdote I'm looking for is "I knew a woman raised in Kansas who felt comfortable choosing whatever she wanted to wear ... but when she turned 25 she suddenly decided burkas were really really nice."
No, you don't put that crap on without brainwashing.