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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hijabs doesn't bother me.

Niqabs actually really bother me. I feel that its an aggressive political statement in some ways seeing as its quite extreme to hide your face in that way.

After all as a society, we place a lot of value in facial expressions and non-verbal cues. I would not feel especially encouraged to start a conversation with someone in a niqab. Its sort of a Do Not Disturb sign.[/quote]

+1. The niqab is a patriarchal cultural relic turned into a political statement. Some dispute that the Quran requires a woman to cover her hair. [/quote]
Don't be ridiculous. It's a cultural relic for sure, but that culture is stemmed in class, not patriarchy.  Rich urban married women used to cover their faces to protect them from the sun and most importantly, show that they don't have to work.  Women working the fields never cover their faces.  You pretty much couldn't work with your face covered, and upperclass women wore them to show they didn't have to. [/quote]

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