NOW that is a good idea!!! Me too....
I think I would really like to hear what Karen has to say..it should really be interesting...
Different countries, I am sure, are different in their reactions, of course...and I would like Karen to speak to the women of Afghanistan...
When we first won the war....I was aghast at the women having to wear burqas...and was so glad that they wouldn't have to anymore, after we rid the country of the Taliban, and supposedly Sha'ria Law...
but, when I saw footage of the elections last week, it looked like most of the women still wear them....I would love to know why...
Women go back to men that beat them. Why??
but, when I saw footage of the elections last week, it looked like most of the women still wear them....I would love to know why...
Guessing--part of it is that they're used to wearing them...like I'm used to wearing shorts in the summer & jeans in the winter. If I 'have to' wear something else, as in 'dress-up', I feel goofy.
Biggest part, I think, is a sense of personal security. They feel protected and would feel vulnerable in something more revealing. It's as much or more a social custom as it is a religious one and customs are slow to change.
In a society where a woman is stoned to death for allowing herself to be raped I believe I'd wear the damn thing too. I say they deserve everything they get at this point....lead a horse to water and all that.