How about the state doesn't dictate what women can and cannot wear? You're acting like we're too stupid to make our own clothing choices and advocating for some pretty scary statism.

In some European countries they are banning the wearing of niqaab and hijaab. They are not American and would prefer a national dress code and to expel native-born French that just happen to be Muslim. Remember this is the same continent that had entire countries and huge swaths of the population embrace fascism…

It's not just an issue with the state, it's an issue of pagan customs being upheld as sunna and anti-Islamic edicts being handed down by people who are more tribal than Muslim. Nowhere in the ahadith or Qur'an did Muhammad say to cut off your daughter's clitoris—but Egyptian clerics say it's sunna. Nowhere in the…

I think the OP's point was that the message shouldn't be "veils are bad," it should be "every woman has the right to decide what to wear." Perhaps a parallel could be drawn to rhetoric around women working v staying at home — obviously it is very important that women be as able to pursue careers as men, but that…

You might want to brush up on your comprehension skills. You're a good example of something I saw on FB today.

EXACTLY!

I think you're misreading my comment and making false assumptions. Women in Iran have a myriad of opinions and views, just like women everywhere. Some women in Iran want to wear the hijab, while some don't. Some women in Iran want to wear the chador, while others don't. What I'm saying is that we need to be aware of…

Wow, that's not what the OP said at all.

"There was a time in Iranian history where women actually fought for the ability to cover up and veil, so we should remember that the issue isn't really about "covering," its about the right of women to make choices for themselves."

While the personal attacks on Alinejad are deplorable, I know that the media's coverage of My Stealth Freedom makes a lot of Iranian and other Muslim women uncomfortable because it associates "de-veiling" with freedom and "covering up" with oppression. The views of young, modern, usually wealthy/middle class,…

I know, and I didn't mean to draw a parallel with Islam or religious observance. I was using it as a reference to body-covering clothing. Should have said something neutral like "burlap sack".

You bring up a really good point I wish I would have remembered in my previous posts on this.

Uh-huh. Stairs, fabric, accidental flashing—-none of that matters. If someone bends down and you see their rear and you laugh and mock them, YOU ARE THE ASSHOLE. Not them for forgetting to wear a belt. Until people get this, Imma be over here, shooting down all this nonsense one comment at a time. Help yourself to…

"As for hair color… … Focus on your freaking schoolwork, not your hair. "

i lost an entire semester of world history to staring at the back of my crush's head. I still remember obsessing over his shoulders when he'd wear a tank top. Maybe I should have gone up behind him and groped him in the stairwell! It would have been understandable, right?

Yes, little boys look up little girls skirts. Grown men also look up grown women's skirts. Should we all wear burqas? The teachable moment here falls on the boy. Life is going to provide all of us with opportunities to catch a glimpse of something we weren't meant to see, our job is to handle these situations…

It's almost a guarantee that you'll split.

asking for a friend

Worse than danny & rhea? I don't know. That one really broke me up.

Always a mistake.