DBJ wrote:Insaanistan wrote:Nah, most girls choose to wear it.
Oh boy, right off the bat I know I'm not talking to a particularly smart perrson. The question is not if they are "choosing" to wear it, the question is if they could choose not to wear it. Obviously it's easy to indoctrinate kids to go along with their own oppression.
You disagreeing with Insaanistan is no reason to insult him.
And you're factually wrong. Most Muslim girls don't wear it, and those who do, in the overwhelming majority of case, do it of their own volition. Perhaps they were "advised" or "convinced" to wear it, but they are definitely not "forced" to do it, and many actually do it against the advise of their parents.
They are teenagers after all, and being provocative and affirmative is part of what being a teenager is. When I was a teenager I was often wearing openly leftist or anti-racist or anti-militaristic or similar tshirts and symbols, even when my parents (who were leftists too and agreed with the message) advised me to be more careful and not push it too hard. Many youth Muslisms in France are in the same position - their parents are Muslims, but wanting their teenaged children to blend in the crowd and not stick out too much, for fear of them being harassed, bullied or assaulted, while the teenagers want to affirm themselves and show to the world they are proud of their beliefs and opinion. Perfectly normal at that age.