Yes and no. Gendered oppression is not really the right lens either, especially for critiquing women's choices.
the justifications are now ideological, cultural & identitarian & we must address them on those grounds.
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My suggestion would be to presume the best motives (i.e. sincere religious practice) and to engage accordingly.
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I do presume those motives but am not sure why you think them good?
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Gender-specific modesty codes are upheld by the ideology of Islam. Religion leads in restricting women &LGBTs
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Absolutely agreed. But an effective critique is focused less on corollaries and more on the core ethics.
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In this case, the core ethic to be demolished is the sexes need to be kept visually and physically apart.
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The argument should be, in a nutshell, fornication is fun and okay now that we've got the pill and safe abortion
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But that won't work coz they're not arguing fornication bad cos birth control & abortion don't exist.
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Actually, if you listen to Islamic scholars there is a sincere concern to keep child-bearing to stable couples.
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