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Feminism and Diversity

Coventina

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4. I have spoken to a number of them.

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #3)

Fri Dec 16, 2016, 01:23 PM

Dec 2016

Granted, all of the ones I have spoken to are here in the US, where they are given much more freedom than in the Muslim world.
So, they are inherently more privileged in their choices than most Muslim women.

My problem is that there is no moral consistency in the practice.

If they want to make one up that suits them, that's fine, but don't expect me to respect it, anymore than I respect snake-handling Pentecostals.

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I was thinking about the issues surrounding the hijab yesterday [View all] Coventina Dec 2016 OP

If we support freedom of choice, guillaumeb Dec 2016 #1

Supporting freedom of choice does not extend to choices we find morally reprehensible. Coventina Dec 2016 #2

I would never fly the Confederate flag. guillaumeb Dec 2016 #3

I have spoken to a number of them. Coventina Dec 2016 #4