Ugly, attractive, somewhere in the middle... It doesn't matter, I'm just glad to see a woman not forced into wearing that bullshit symbol of a backwards religion. (Disclaimer: I find just about all organized religion bullshit, but that's another story for another time.)
sanguinepenguin
sanguinepenguin
The farmer lives free, but the livestock are kept in a barn.
The way I see it, in conservative Muslim countries, choosing to not wear a veil is riskier than conforming to the dress code. The women who wear hijab are in no danger of losing that choice. But the women who don't want to wear a hijab — they face much more social pressure and sometimes physical violence. They are the…
Yeah because having to cover your nipples and having to cover literally every inch of your entire body from head to toe are totally the same thing.
Just because they are not legally compelled to wear it doesn't mean they are not pressured to do so. Cultural/family expectations are powerful. I seriously doubt that many women would elect to wear head-to-toe black garments in hot climates if there wasn't centuries of cultural pressure telling them they are supposed…
I've never personally flown into Saudi Arabia, but those who have all share the same story of the pilot announcing they'd be landing soon, and all the women on the plane taking out veils and abayas and transforming themselves into matching black blobs. In countries where the law says the veil must be worn, women wear…
I don't understand a lot of the commenters here. Don't insult everyone's intelligence by claiming that the zealots who run Saudi Arabia are equivalent to zealotry in the United States. While we have issues with women's' rights OF COURSE, women here are still allowed to drive, have male friends, wear what they want to,…
Burka? Or NINJA?
Hey now. There's plenty of misogyny and repression in ALL Abrahamic religions, thank you very much!
Feeling a little bit a shame that first thought on seeing her hair was "How pretty." instead of "How gutsy."
Still work to do on our end.
Repressive fundamentalism in any religion is so awful.
When the US or any of its affiliated corporations even whispers something contrary to the advancement of women Jezebel engages their DEFCON protocols and goes all in. The barbarian kingdom of Saudi Arabia freaks out because a woman was shown out of a veil and we talk about all the progress their making. Cultural…
Islam is so awful.
Another tiny tiny step for a country that is absolutely abysmal when it comes to human rights. Kudos Saudi Arabia (????).
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Sharia don' like it....
brave one.