RE: Seen Today at Local Pool
June 26, 2013 at 8:55 am
(This post was last modified: June 26, 2013 at 8:59 am by pineapplebunnybounce.)
Oh I have no doubt that for some of the women in western countries they wear it because it's a choice. They annoy me because I KNOW it's a choice for them. I'm saying it's poor form for them to do this. I'm not telling them what to wear, it's just what they're wearing and the point they make while doing so, to me, is disregarding what is going on with the majority of the women in muslim countries. It's like saying, yea, bad things happen to you if you don't wear the burka, but since you're voiceless I'm going to go ahead and wear it and say it's a choice because people like me have been getting weird looks from westerners. What is so difficult with saying "my religion requires me to do this", instead of saying, "it's my choice"? Not sure if it should, but it makes a difference to me, perhaps because this issue is quite close to home for me.
A muslim explained to me the idea behind the burka being that you wear it and you don't use makeup so that men won't judge you by your looks. To which I responded that muslim men who believe in that are judging them by their looks, if they don't wear it i doubt they'll think very nicely of them. I've heard of plenty of justifications for the burka (from muslims, no nonmuslims) saying that it's modesty, that if women don't wear them they'll tempt men into raping them. I think it's disgusting to put the blame on women when men judge them by their looks and when they're raped.
Muslims constantly find what we wear offensive, like festive1 says, she felt like her swimsuit was offensive to someone in burka. Why wouldn't she? if you spend some time reading or listening to what their religion preaches, it says people who wear swimsuits are haram. Do people go up to them and tell them they shouldn't tell women what to wear and what not to wear?
In response to women's right question: feminists stand up for women, until those women are muslims, then it's a cultural issue. The burka will never be something I'll put on my child, but I think it's not such a bad thing for theirs.
A muslim explained to me the idea behind the burka being that you wear it and you don't use makeup so that men won't judge you by your looks. To which I responded that muslim men who believe in that are judging them by their looks, if they don't wear it i doubt they'll think very nicely of them. I've heard of plenty of justifications for the burka (from muslims, no nonmuslims) saying that it's modesty, that if women don't wear them they'll tempt men into raping them. I think it's disgusting to put the blame on women when men judge them by their looks and when they're raped.
Muslims constantly find what we wear offensive, like festive1 says, she felt like her swimsuit was offensive to someone in burka. Why wouldn't she? if you spend some time reading or listening to what their religion preaches, it says people who wear swimsuits are haram. Do people go up to them and tell them they shouldn't tell women what to wear and what not to wear?
In response to women's right question: feminists stand up for women, until those women are muslims, then it's a cultural issue. The burka will never be something I'll put on my child, but I think it's not such a bad thing for theirs.
