Hi,Middle eastern females wear veils and their cultures reinforce them doing so.
Parts of the Koran also talk about veils and body concealment. but then again you can read an awful lot into the Koran.
There continues to be alot of discussion about this on the net. Is it a religious thing, is it an oppression thing etc. Blogs in the west tend to agree that mandatory veil wearing is not a good thing.
But don't veils make women more alluring and sexy?
The Egyptians are definitely pushing this angle with advertising showing that girls who wear veils find it easier to get a husband. In fact Egyptian women are finding that veils just increase harassment.
In some ways do veils and body covering clothing mean that a woman has to be alluring on a more than physical level. There are middle eastern "beauty" contests where other attributes are seen as being more important than just good looks.
Isn't considering a woman as something more than being physically attractive a good thing?
Of course the clothing police do not stop at veils.
There are new lines of clothing for Strict Muslim ladies to allow them to enjoy sporting activities without exposing their bodies.
So at what point do veils and concealing clothing become something that is aberrant to western women?
Well the control aspect is definitely not their cup of tea. Especially when it can be enforced to extremis.
Or are Western women just preoccupied with their looks?
NP Out
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I reckon choice is the key thing here. Some of us want to conceal some of the time, some of us want to show a bit of skin sometimes. But no-one wants to be told to go skimpy if they don't want to, nor cover up if they don't want to.
There's probably a lot of truth in the idea that if you're covered in a full-body burqa, then you don't have to worry about the state of your cellulite or whatever, and can get on with more important things in life.
You're right.
Women should let the media, Gok, and other women tell them what to wear.
Just a guess here but I always figured the ruling trend in Western culture was for more and more equality. (even though I'm not sure you can even say the word "equality" anymore in the United States)
Including gender equality.
But since it takes decades for these trends to play out we'll probably have to wait and see.
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