Comment

Muslim Clothing Companies Flourishing in Southern California

34
Obdicut (Now with 2% less brain)1/28/2013 9:28:37 am PST

re: #33 Red Falcons of America

I think that’s the main point; it’s not liberal to force a woman into wearing less clothes just as it is not liberal to force a woman into wearing more clothes. What is liberal is allowing woman to make decisions for themselves on what kind of clothes they wish to wear - giving woman the power to choose is essential in woman’s rights.

Are some woman’s decisions influenced by patriarchy ? Of course, but there is no less patriarchy in Western society then there is in Islamic society.

“Western” society is too broad. There’s certainly less patriarchy in countries where women are allowed to have jobs, get educated, etc. than countries where they can’t. But on the particular issue of women and how they dress and present themselves, I think people have a huge blind spot for how restrictive it is for women in the US.