rather, i get to be the one to tell you its not sexist because i'm a muslim woman, grown up in a muslim country, and you don't get to tell me what's right for me. i didn't say it can't be sexist, mind you, but that it is not inherently so.
I'm also a woman. If something is sexist then it's sexist and whether women like it or agree with it or not doesn't make something which is sexist any less sexist.
There are Catholic women who think it's fine they can't ever be Pope. Does that men banning women from leadership positions isn't inherently sexist because some women agree?
Women wearing hijab doesn't make the concept less sexist. If you can provide clear reasons something is sexist, then such a thing is sexist.
Do you approve of female genital mutilation? Sati?
and you don't get to tell me what's right for me.
I'm not. I'm saying I find the headscarf a sexist belief and the motivation for wearing it is often sexist. I can totally criticize your decisions and your beliefs behind those decisions.
It's also funny you keep telling me my opinion is invalid and women should decide for themselves when the Islamic standards of modesty mainly exist as they do today because of the legal decisions of misogynist male jurists.
i didn't say it can't be sexist, mind you, but that it is not inherently so.
Yes, I think the concept of hijab for women in Islam is inherently sexist for several reasons.
Islam teaches a woman's whole body is nudity which she must cover completely. She has to wear clothes to cover her arms and legs and wear a headscarf so only her face and hands show.
Men do not have to abide by the same standards women do. They don't have to wear headscarves legally. They only have to cover from naval to knee.
A huge burden of modesty and chastity is placed on women and not men.
The hijab had implications for women and restrictions because of the belief women need to cover themselves head to toe at all times.
This is why I find the hijab in Islam sexist. It's innately designed to discriminate against women. Why am I wrong? Do you find it fair that women have to cover their arms and legs and men don't? Do you find it fair that Islam obligates women to wear headscarves when men don't? Do you find it fair that modesty standards primarily target and discriminate against women? If you don't want me thinking that hijab is sexist then just refute all the points I made.
its obvious from your other comments that you have a strong personal dislike for islam and you believe muslim women are oppressed whether they realise it or not, but the world doesn't revolve around western social standards or ideology and its your problem if you can't accept that, not mine.
No, I do not have "A strong personal dislike of Islam" and whether I do or not is totally irrelevant. No, I don't believe all Muslim women are oppressed. What a ridiculous belief. Rather, I think the Islamic standards of modesty are inherently sexist and unfair to women and that a decision to wear a headscarf is often backed by sexist beliefs.
but the world doesn't revolve around western social standards or ideology and its your problem if you can't accept that, not mine.
When did I say something indicating this?