The American chess champion challenging Iran’s hijab fetish

Re:The American chess champion challenging Iran’s hijab fetish by hackuser on Thursday October 06, 2016 @10:23AM (#12652659)

Thanks for participating, it's great to hear from someone who actually has experience with these things. The rest of us don't really know what we're talking about.

Not that you represent everyone in Tunisia or every Muslim in the world, but do you feel there's social pressure to wear one? Would they be looked down upon or criticized for not wearing one?

I have the freedom to wear a NASA spacesuit or a bearskin tomorrow, but the social repercussions are a big deterrent.

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Re:The American chess champion challenging Iran’s hijab fetish by neo2006 on Thursday October 06, 2016 @06:33PM (#12656693)

Not really in some social circles you will have pressure wearing hijab and others pressure not wearing it , like every place in the world. I mean if you come from religious family in US you will have the same pressure wearing a short skirt. But nothing outrageous. The issue I'm having with that kind of discussion is that instead of pointing out an opression problem somewhere in the world it stigmatize an entire community. Not all women that choose to wear hijab are oppressed (most are not) west need to understand it and stop that hijab war

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Re:The American chess champion challenging Iran’s hijab fetish by hackuser on Friday October 07, 2016 @02:41PM (#12662953)

Thanks for your input. It should be voted to the top of the thread, because as I said, very few others here actually know what they are talking about.

> The issue I'm having with that kind of discussion is that instead of pointing out an opression problem somewhere in the world it stigmatize an entire community

For what it's worth from one person on the Internet, I agree completely. It's one of my biggest worries. It's going to cause more oppression and is entirely unnecessary.

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