https://freethinker.co.uk/2023/11/the-hijab-is-the-wrong-symbol-to-represent-women/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-hijab-is-the-wrong-symbol-to-represent-women The magazine of freethought, open enquiry and irreverence Sat, 25 Nov 2023 16:11:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://freethinker.co.uk/2023/11/the-hijab-is-the-wrong-symbol-to-represent-women/#comment-228 Sat, 25 Nov 2023 16:11:10 +0000 https://freethinker.co.uk/?p=10896#comment-228 There’s a saying: “What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander”.
Put another way: should not the same dress codes apply to all?
If men insist on women dressing in a particular way, why do men not dress themselves identically?
If men insist upon women dressing in burkas why do men not do so too?

]]> https://freethinker.co.uk/2023/11/the-hijab-is-the-wrong-symbol-to-represent-women/#comment-224 Mon, 20 Nov 2023 09:44:21 +0000 https://freethinker.co.uk/?p=10896#comment-224 Really well put Khadija! This is exactly how I feel about the statue. I was shocked at the poor timing of it right around the anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death. There are so many better ways to celebrate the diversity of the UK, than a symbol of opression.

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