(September 4, 2016 at 4:36 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote:(September 4, 2016 at 4:28 pm)Mermaid Wrote: We wear clothing because of community/cultural norms and mores.
True enough, however I wonder how many women outside of Orthodox religious families (regardless of Islam, Christianity, or Judaism) risk physical violence or threats of hell for not conforming to those dress standards. I might wear a north face shirt because all my friends do, but nobody is going to hit me or call me a whore if I choose to dress differently.
+1
It's far too easy to take one's own freedoms for granted and simply shrug when people in a faraway place don't have the same freedoms.
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