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Daughter and friend play dress up - in hajib
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Anonymous
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My 7 YO and her little friend were playing dress up - using scarves to make hajibs.
Not sure how I feel about that. I said nothing and will say nothing. I respect all faiths. I am also a feminist and my feelings toward the hajib/burqa are not positive. To see my little girl wearing this made me... sad? I know it's not really a big deal. Not looking for advice. Just sharing a secret... my discomfort. |
Anonymous
| Good for her that she's been exposed to another culture enough that she feels it's normal to want to emulate it. Definitely not a big deal in my opinion. Kids playing dress up doesn't have much symbolism. They think the scarves are pretty and want to wear them like they see others do. Since it bothers you, you can comfort yourself knowing it will pass soon. |
Anonymous
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You meant hijab. If you want to start a flame war, at least spell correctly. And if you let them dress up as princesses, you have no right to be upset. You have already demonstrated your flexibility on female role models during child play.
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Anonymous
| I wonder how much you actually know about it to be for or against it if you can't even spell it. |
Anonymous
LOL, Hajib 
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Anonymous
| Better be careful, she might become a muslin or something. |
Anonymous
| I'm going to have to agree with the PPs who've responded so far. I think it's great that they've been exposed to women who where hijab and want to emulate it. It's just another way of dressing. I'm not a fan of the burqa either, but seriously, has your daughter even seen anyone in a burqa here? I see the occasional (and I mean it's extremely rare) woman in hijab, niqab (covers the face below the eyes), and jilbab (long loose garment to cover the body that's very modest). It's not the same as a burqa. You said your DD and her friend were dressing in hijab - you're the one who threw the word burqa out there. To me it seems as though you're equating two very different things, which is a shame. |
Anonymous
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It's no big deal. She probably also dresses up as princesses, superheroes, or cops.
When I was a kid, my brother used to sucker my sister and I into dressing like soldiers. It's dress up. Pretend play. And she's getting exposed to another culture in the process. It can't be hurting her in anyway, can it? If the topic comes up, you can always talk to her about it. And if it doesn't, just let it go. |
Anonymous
| 9:00 PP, I of course meant wear hijab. |
Anonymous
| Why would wearing a hijab/burqua offend your feminist sensibilities? |
Anonymous
LOL. Funny! |
Anonymous
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Anonymous
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I used to dress up as a nun.
It became a habit........ |
Anonymous
| OP, I understand your discomfort. In light of all previous posts , just want to say I would feel the same as you do. |
Anonymous
The only post I see that would start flames are ones like your's, PP. You are just begging for it so here goes... Because they are demeaning to women. They make women second class citizens. They make it seem as if women have something to hide or be ashamed of that men do not. They are a means of keeping women oppressed andc controlled. They assist in keeping women physically inferior to men by diminshing natural physical abilities such as running. They allow abusive men to hide their crime. They create an over sexed and chauvanistic mentality toward all women by hiding the natural face and form of women. Few Islamists made their wives and daughters wear these garments 50 (and more) years ago. Its a reflection of a growing fundamentalism in the Muslim world and demonstrates how humans, when confronted with certain external stresses, will turn on the most vulnerable populations to among them to make them feel more in control. |