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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The veil doesn't do anything of the sort.  [b]If that's what you read into it, that's on you.   [/b]There is no scriptural justification to put a larger share of "blame" and "onus" on the woman. What do you mean, "men don't learn responsibility for themselves"? What does this have to do with religion? Men, like women, have an obligation to be modest and abstain from extramarital sex in Islam.  There is no discount for men; and there is no scriptural basis for the belief that women are more responsible for modesty and abstinence than men.

You also have a misguided understanding of modesty.  The opposite of modesty isn't sexiness.  The opposite of modesty is vanity. [/quote]

We didn't read anything into the veil.  Muslims have come onto this thread explaining the veil and the Muslim concept of modesty and quite frankly they are the ones who make it sound deranged.

But you can fix that.  What does covering hair have to do with modesty?  What does covering every single strand of hair have to do with modesty?  What does covering your arms and almost every part of your body have to do with modesty?  If a man can see my calves or arms, what is immodest about that?  Is there something sexual about literally every part of a woman's body?[/quote]
There is no one single definition of modesty.  If you don't want to cover your calves or arms, then don't. But it is not up to you tell other women how they should construe modesty.  If someone doesn't feel modest unless their face is covered, it's not up to you to correct them. If a tribeswoman out in the Amazon jungle feels it's immodest to cover, then it's not up to you to tell her otherwise. Modesty is about personal comfort.

I don't believe any Muslim on this thread told you that the onus and blame for extramarital sex is on women.  As far as I'm concerned, the most deranged person on this thread is the woman shaking her fist to the sky in WHAT SHOULD I TELL MY DAUGHTER!

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