[BeadCounter]

“The hijab doesn’t bother me,and I’m a woman.

Catholic nuns used to wear much worse.”

Back decades ago, maybe nearly a century ago, a lot of European women plainly wore headcoverings, it seems it was a part of the culture.

http://www.rferl.org/media/photogallery/united-states-america-politics-society-immigrants/27359707.html Photos from Ellis Island.

I think even until relatively recently, women still have in parts of Europe. Check out the women’s clothes in above link.

[Chgogal]

Agreed, but Western Culture is NOT Islam. Islam only respects Islam. All other cultures are Infidels and do not deserve respect. An American Muslim woman who wears a Hijab indicates to me she and her family do not respect American Culture and are not willing to assimilate. And then there is taqiyya.

[sunrise_sunset]

yeah, that was 100 years ago.

[AndyJackson]

Catholic nuns used to wear much worse.

This is not quite correct. In Western society women have always been allowed to show their faces, nuns included.

[Uncle Miltie]

Women’s headcoverings in islam are not about modesty. They are about male control.