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Neoma

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20. ... Never heard of that event(s)?

Reply to stevenleser (Reply #19)

Thu May 31, 2012, 04:13 PM

May 2012

I've also never had halal food. We're enjoying the new Thai restaurant near us. My parents enjoyed Greek food the other day too... You can understand why Greeks are immigrating to the U.S.

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The hijab has liberated me from society's expectations of women [View all] Neoma May 2012 OP

I've seen this justification for the hijab and even for the burka any number of times. SheilaT May 2012 #1

+1 laconicsax May 2012 #5

How many of us women have deliberately dressed down hedgehog May 2012 #2

I thought of that example, too obamanut2012 May 2012 #7

I wear a lab coat to teach in. Starry Messenger May 2012 #10

Ditto SheilaT, only from the viewpoint of a western male.. Permanut May 2012 #3

I have no problem with anything freely chosen Warpy May 2012 #4

that experience is not unique to women btw nt msongs May 2012 #6

i agree. La Lioness Priyanka May 2012 #8

Ever read Zeitoun by Dave Eggers? Neoma May 2012 #9

That's the impression I've gotten... Violet_Crumble Jun 2012 #23

they did a study in europe looking at this (belgium) La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2012 #24

Very well said. ty MerryBlooms May 2012 #11

Not my place to tell women how to dress, or what their clothes really mean. nt ZombieHorde May 2012 #12

agreed. i am very against state enforced hijab La Lioness Priyanka May 2012 #13

One of my local supermarket's checkers wears a hijab FloridaJudy May 2012 #14

Sure, it's freedom in the same way a police state tends to free one from crime. stevenleser May 2012 #15

I think it's a two way issue. Neoma May 2012 #16

This is one of the harder aspects of empowerment to wrap my head around stevenleser May 2012 #17

I'm used to seeing women wearing them. Neoma May 2012 #18

I see it all the time too.. stevenleser May 2012 #19

... Never heard of that event(s)? Neoma May 2012 #20

Completely horrific. It almost makes me cry everytime I think about it... stevenleser May 2012 #21

To me it's a bit like saying LadyHawkAZ May 2012 #22