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Originally Posted by All_Nite_Dinah
In many many many cases it is. Its part of Muslim cutlture. I have seen many muslim women in downtown Minneapolis wearing burkas. I do agree that women should have the choice to wear what they like, but for many muslim women there dress is very traditional. Obviosly not all women want to live in the same place forever and be in servatude to there husbands, but your missing the point I was trying to make. Many of these rules arn't argued because they are part of a sacred religion. Women wear burkas in many pats of the world because there religion dictates it, and they are very faithfull. i do agree that women are being repressed and there rights are being violated, but that dosnt change the fact that many of these women chose to wear burkas simply because there religion dictates it.
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Yeah, if a woman is living in a part of the world that gives her the choice, then it's fine. Personally I think it's degrading, but I understand that they have a completely different upbringing and culture than I do (obviously, since I grew up in the middle east), so I don't have a problem with that. Unfortunately, some people don't realize that in certain parts of the world, they are required by law to wear it and merely pas it off with "well it's their choice, what's the big deal?"
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