(August 31, 2017 at 9:42 am)Khemikal Wrote:(August 31, 2017 at 12:31 am)AtlasS33 Wrote: Personally; I don't mind covering the face in terms of personal freedom. But I'm totally against (and frankly abhor) twisting what the Quran says to prove an ancient custom.I think it's cute that you imagine the quran has any other use.
To be fair to Atlass sexism was rampant in all of antiquity worldwide. Humans back then saw females as property to be bartered between families. And sexist clothing exists in every religion, even if not everyone in that label ascribes to it, many still do.
Back in antiquity worldwide, nobody had any clue that females contributed half the genes. Girls/women were viewed as fields for the man to plant the seed in. It is why even to this day worldwide a majority of the time the female adapts the man's last name. It is still a form of subjugation born out of human ignorance.
The Amish expect those girls/women to dress a certain way. LDS and Mormons too. Hindus and Sikhs also have gender role clothing too. You will also never see a female Dali Lama or female Pope.
But even in polytheism in Ancient Rome and Greece, the head gods are depicted as male, and quite often, even in their mythology, the female goddesses are seen as second class, and human females like Casandra are used as pawns to make the male Gods look good. Ajax is a polytheistic character whom is depicted as a hero, but in his exploits he also rapes women.
Point being again, Islam did not invent sexism nor does it own a patent on it. I would only say to Atlass, the same thing I say to any religion. Religion is still used, like it or not, to justify sexism, but not just his.
