(December 4, 2013 at 12:41 pm)pocaracas Wrote:(December 4, 2013 at 12:38 pm)KichigaiNeko Wrote: I also note that the arab men do the same. How is this counter-intuitive (other than have the only dye (blue or black) or goat hair that will not accept a dye to make their clothes from) They had no access to cotton.Counter-intuitive, because , if it's hot, you'd want to remove clothing, not be completely enveloped by layers and layers of fabric... at least, that's what my Mediterranean intuition claims...
That, I am to understand is NOT the case. And MY European/ Australian intuition claims the same BUT.
You and I both don't KNOW what it is like living in a desert country and how these very garments help the body to survive.
So, to claim or intimate "vanity" as the sole driving force for the niqab and burka I am thinking is disingenuous
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