Burkhas, abayas and hijabs follow the exact same logic: women should be convered because they will tempt men. It’s fucking unbelievable to see this praised on a supposedly feminist website.

I lived for a while in a Jewish orthodox area where the women got around the rule about not showing their hair because it might tempt the menfolk by wearing the most fabulous wigs. It was technically correct. The best kind of correct.

I’m going to add a point that while the statement is true that it is ‘optional for only a few’, it is neglecting to point out that some women choose not to have an option because of personal beliefs. I grew up in a Trad Roman Catholic household, where skirts were required to the ankles, no more than two fingers of…

I kinda agree. I mean, everyone can do whatever the hell they want, and I certainly love seeing super chic hijab-wearing women, but I thought the whole point was modesty. If your hijab is more elaborate and puts you in a better light than showing your hair, how is that fulfilling the purpose? It’s like following the…

Amusing evasion.

Ignored? Apparently nobody here has ever been to a mall in Dubai. There is a *huge* high-end designer market for Muslim women outside the West.

Yes, I don’t have a problem with statistics in general. In many areas, including many areas of social sciences, such as demographics, statistics can be helpful in understanding and explaining a lot of things. My problem is with certain type of studies that do statistical analysis is a way that relies on fundamentally…

Yes, I am aware. I imagine whichever one gets elected will populate it with more of their ilk. Jackass racist/sexists from the Trump campaign. Or criminal/corrupt politicians from the Hillary side of the aisle.

And between the two candidates I would choose Clinton for that very reason. I guess my point is, why is it that she gets a free pass on the issue that effects the MOST people because her stance on issues that effect smaller contingents are in line with our ideals?

The most important issue for myself and millions of other voters is the seemingly limitless power corporations hold in Washington, effectively doing their best to eradicate the middle class. No offense, but most of the progressive policies Clinton would implement don’t affect me. Who should I vote for? Who should the…

the idea of a democracy is that the outcome should be representative of what people *want*. voting against what you don’t want isn’t equivalent. maybe that’s how we’ve built a representative government that is so harmful to so many.

anyway, my point is the problem is systemic. for instance, why is an election…

And therein lies the problem. Its not just my methodology, but that of most researchers in the social “sciences.”

Oh I have heard of it, I suggest you read

no one is waiting for a perfect candidate. We are saying that Clinton is an objectively bad candidate.

Not long ago, someone replied to me—apropos of nothing—about filthy, unspeakable images popping up on Jez. With no warning.

Hillary Clinton’s economic policies are identical to Republicans’. The only difference are her social stances, and I have no doubt she’d change that too if she was paid enough by her corporate leash holders.

I have voted before, and i will vote again. Candidates don’t have to be perfect, not at all. However, Trump and Hillary are far far and away from perfect. I contend that people who just vote cause “voting is important” are part of the problem. I voted for Obama both terms, but i’ve not been the biggest fan of how it…

In Sanders v Trump I would happily vote Sanders. I’m very angry at the republican party for making me tempted to vote for Hillary Clinton. If they could pick literally anybody else from their party to go up there instead of Trump, I might still abstain(depending on the person) but I at least wouldn’t be tempted to…

I wish she were invested in a progressive platform at all. All of the left wing ideas she is supporting (Obamacare, gay marriage, abortion rights) are fights that have already been won, making her a conservative (in the sense of maintaining the status quo) candidate.

Then her name would be Bernie Sanders.