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[quote=Anonymous]The way it's worn when it's cultural or as an accessory is very different than when it's worn as a true hijab.

Culturally or as an accessory-

You don't care if it slides down
You don't wear a skull cap underneath to prevent even one little small visible hair be seen from the hairline
You don't pin it tightly under your chin
You don't have to cover up your ears
You don't wear 15 pins all around it to make sure it stays put because if it slides and someone of the opposite sex that is not or father or brother sees you, you will be condemned.
You don't make sure it's in place before you do something as mundane as checking the mailbox
And of course, you don't have to wear it every single day.

People used to just throw a scarf lightly around their hair, didn't matter if it was only around the crown and the front of your hair that frames your face was shown.  That was traditional dress (not strictly religious) in some areas of South Asian countries and in some areas of the Middle East.  It's worn as a scarf and when you needed it for protection from sun or wind or cold, you just threw it around your head rather loosely.  Some Hindu women and all Sikh women (and Sikh men) will just lightly cover their head when entering a temple or gurdwara. Same would be the case for Muslim women.

That is not the hijab of today.  The hijab of today is a political construct that has been forced onto women.  Yes, in America, they have free choice to wear or not to wear but that is not the case everywhere and that's what I dislike about the hijab of today the most.  Women are being forced to cover and here where they have free will instead of standing in solidarity for the freedom of those women around the world by not wearing or condoning the hijab, they wear it and then ask questions like the OP about why they are being looked at strangely or treated differently and pointing to the overused "Islamophobia" reason when someone does not agree with their reason that it is for their religion.

I don't like it, but I don't stare and I actually do cover my hair from time to time, loosely, for fashion sometimes, also when I'm having a bad hair day or when I'm cold outside.  I don't care if there are strands showing or if it's only covering my crown.  So I would say to the pp- sure go for it!

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