Reply #61: The customs of modesty... [View All]

[VelmaD]

have everything to do with men - they are the ones who devised them. Do a little reading. There's plenty of info out there about how women in Muslim countries feel about the chador, abayah or burka if you go and look. They have NO SAY in the matter. Yes, some of them may tell you it's about "respect for their body" or "modesty" but that's because that is what they have been raised to believe - that's what the men in their countries need them to believe so that they can keep control over them.

Also, you may think the comment about trying to lock the men up is cute. It would be a lot funnier if it wasn't for the fact that there are still countries where Muslim women are essentially prisoners in their own homes.