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Every Muslim woman I know (hundreds) who wear hijab wear it without the threat of violence from their family. It's extremely common amongst the people I know f

• coldtea 6y ago
  >Every Muslim woman I know (hundreds) who wear hijab wear it without the threat of violence from their family You'd be surprised. Plus, it's not like something they'll admit openly. Second, there's also internalized violence/indoctrination, from a young age. There is of course voluntary choice too -- even western women who have converted and adopted wearing it (in which case there's no youthful indoctrination). But for tons of muslim women in Europe, which see their non-muslim friends not having to wear any, it's imposed by their families and communities.
• rayiner 6y ago
  In moderate Muslim countries, and in the west, wearing hijab is intermediate in voluntariness. Like wearing ankle-length skirts in the 1950s in the US. In Bangladesh, where I’m from, it went from pretty much non-existent to being very common, as the export of middle eastern culture happens throughout the Islamic world. Nobody will send you to jail for not wearing it, but there is a lot of cultural pressure. I don’t like it, because I’d rather see Bangladesh lean into its Anglo heritage than its Islamic one, but that doesn’t justify making it illegal in a developed country. Even among conservatives in the US, the vast majority oppose banning hijab.