Why do some non-Muslims defend the hijab?
Hey y'all, it's me again. It's been a while, I know, but finals exam and not really had the time to post on the subreddit. But today I have a discussion to discuss with y'all. Why do some non-Muslims really defend the hijab with their forks and spears? Why do they refuse to acknowledge that the hijab is a form of oppression? It is not a choice. It's never been a choice because it is mandatory for you to wear it.
You have to wear the hijab. And if you know the Islamic history and know the history behind the hijab, you would realize that it has always been a form of oppression. It's never been a choice. And the logic that most of them use is, oh, but some women choose to wear it.
You said some, but the majority do not choose to wear it. Most women who live in the West do have the choice to wear the hijab or not. But majority of Muslim women do not have that choice. The problem is that they think, they genuinely think that every Muslim woman has the choice to wear it or not, when in reality the big majority do not have that choice.
As someone who lives in a third world country that is an Islamic country, you are literally looked down upon if you do not wear it. You are less respected, less valued as a human fucking being if you do not wear it. That's the problem. They think just because a small group of people have the choice to wear that, doesn't make it an oppressive piece of clothing.
No, it is still an oppressive thing. The hijab oppresses women every single day. There are girls who are forced to wear it, forced to hide themselves, forced to be something that they are not. And they are terrified to take it off because if they take it off, their families might hurt them. It makes me so angry because I see this every single day. I know women who have been forced to wear the hijab by their families. I know them. I have talked to them. And the way some non-Muslims defend it and say that it's not an oppressive thing and that it doesn't oppress women, it does! It does oppress women every single day.
You can't say that it's not oppressive. It is literally oppressive. It mind-boggles me how you can call yourself a feminist and yet support the hijab. Literally used every single day of a Muslim girl's life to oppress her, to make her feel small, to make her hate herself, to make her not want to see her beauty, that her beauty should be only seen by a man, by her husband.
Just because some Muslim women actually had the choice to choose to wear it or not, does not mean that it's not an oppressive piece of cloth. I'm sorry if I came out a little angry in this post, but I see this every single day. I see some of my friends being forced to wear it when they clearly do not want to. And it hurts me. It really does. Because unlike me, they don't have the choice. Their families are forcing them to wear it. Now I come from a less stricter household and a mother who was very much against the hijab and she never wanted me to wear it. And she always gave me the choice to wear it or not. But just because I had the choice, Doesn't mean that every woman had the choice Hijab is not a form of liberation, and it will never be a form of liberation. It always will be a form of oppression for every single Muslim girl.
Just because a small majority of people had the choice to not wear it or wear it does not make it a liberating thing. It is still a form of oppression that harms Muslim women and little girls every single day.