"Why do foreigners always ask about clothing? [...] Why does it matter so much what we wear? Of all the issues in the world, is that really so important? [...] You think we're victims because we cover our hair and wear modest clothing. But we think it's Western women who are repressed because they have to show their bodies - even go through surgery to change their bodies - to please men."
Afghan women, as quoted in Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn's book Half the Sky
Although I believe the Burqaa is oppressive to women, I absolutely agree that the apparent need to show off our bodies is almost equally oppressive.
Whatever happened to showing off our minds?
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