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To: rbg81
I’ve seen this line of reasoning before. By draping women in tents, you make them all “equal” in the eyes of men. Of course, you also make them totally devoid of individuality—in short, you strip them of their femininity and turn them into annonymous entities that are shapeless and interchangable.

I presume you've never seen the hijab styles from countries outside of the Arab world, otherwise you wouldn't make such a broad statement.

Muslim women in countries like Malaysia, Indonesia, etc. wear very colorful, beautiful hijabs in all colors of the rainbow. These women are not shapeless and interchangable.

It seems to me that many of your either have a problem with women covering their cleavage with a scarf or have no idea that a hijab, burka and niqab are totally different headcoverings!

38 posted on 06/30/2010 10:31:07 AM PDT by Tamar1973 (Germans in 1932 thought they were voting for change too.)
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To: Tamar1973
It seems to me that many of your either have a problem with women covering their cleavage with a scarf

I must apologize for my fellow "men". Ladylike decorum, modesty and virtue are a slap in the face to our ungentlemanly leering eyes. All too often we respond unreasonably to such chastisement.
42 posted on 06/30/2010 12:11:47 PM PDT by LearsFool ("Thou shouldst not have been old, till thou hadst been wise.")
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To: Tamar1973

I will concede that the women in the photo look far more stylish than the “eyes only”, tent-like hijabs you see in some countries. That being said, I STILL think the women in the photo look very much alike (and, yes, interchangable). Enforcing that kind of conformity, even if it comes in multiple colors, is offensive to me as a man and (I believe) unacceptable to almost all Western women.


44 posted on 06/30/2010 12:32:50 PM PDT by rbg81 (DRAIN THE SWAMP!!)
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To: Tamar1973

The redhead is hot and the blond one isn’t too bad either.


49 posted on 06/30/2010 1:38:56 PM PDT by the_devils_advocate_666
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