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Originally Posted by Aimee Weber  This doesn't really refute my point. She was raised in Iran, no doubt indoctrinated in Muslim culture, but her sexual identity was too overwhelming for her to comply completely with what was demanded of her. So she abandoned that part of her religion that she could not comply with, yet continued to comply with that part of her religion which didn't interfere with her sexuality. |
No, she was from Iran, she'd moved to the US when she was a baby. She was raised here, we went to school together in New Orleans (which is hardly a hotbed of Muslim expats) and her family was very supportive even though they were also very traditional.
This anecdote is growing its own legs though, I recognize she's a pretty extreme case and most women in, say, Afghanistan are not doing it of their own free will. I wanted to point out though that not everyone is brainwashed, and even if they are, this sort of ban won't help women. The ones terrorized into wearing it will still wear it because the fear of their husbands and the things you listed before are more worrying than a fine from a non-Muslim cop for breaking the law.