I feel pity for those pressured &exasperated by those making an identity related point
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Replying to @HPluckrose @salonium_34 and
Young ppl are often more conservative than families. I often see young women in hijab, mother w/out
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I know desis in the UK who emigrated 2 flee theocracy in Pak. Now kids hv bcome devout.
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Very much a defiant identity thing. Young ppl do that. Most grow out of it.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @christianjbdev
What's important to remember is that the garments are epiphenomena resting on a deep structure of belief.
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Islam is structured around controlling reproduction and keeping it strictly within stable family units.
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In that context, gender segregation and modesty are rational and consistent.
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What's required is not flipping out at surface phenomena but rather a root and branch critique of the beliefs.
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Replying to @BeatConfusion @christianjbdev
Agreed. Too few ppl see 'choice' & stop. Whole framework of gendered oppression underlying ideas of modesty
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Replying to @HPluckrose @christianjbdev
Yes and no. Gendered oppression is not really the right lens either, especially for critiquing women's choices.
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That's what I critique. The gendered notion of modesty. Other reasons for dress can be neutral.
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