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Feminism and Religion

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scottishdiem · 26/05/2017 12:19

I was wondering what you all thought of this:

It really is time that women re-embraced the wearing of the veil, with the knowledge that it does not weaken us, rather it empowers by denoting our hallowed status as life-givers.

I have recently moved to Ireland and the dominance of the Catholic Church, although still very prevalent, is on the wane. I cant help think that this kind of think wants to put women back in a box. What do you think?

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picklemepopcorn · 26/05/2017 12:52

Feminism and some forms of religions are difficult to line up.

BigDeskBob · 26/05/2017 12:50

The author has failed to understand that feminist are questioning why it's just women who wear a veil. Men are just as likely to have bad hair days and/or amazing hair as women. So that side of the argument makes no sense.

Only women get pregnant, that's true. But men have a role too, why don't they wear veils to show their fertility?

squirreltrap · 26/05/2017 12:35

Religion has always been a way to legitimise subgigation of women.
Feminism and religion are difficult to align

squirreltrap · 26/05/2017 12:34

Religion has always been a way to legitimise subgigation of women.
Feminism and religion are difficult to align

ChocChocPorridge · 26/05/2017 12:32

A hair-covering allows a woman a respite from thinking about failed efforts at grooming

I have not the words. Perhaps that's because I'm an empty headed woman who's always thinking of my hair /s

EmpressOfTheSpartacusOceans · 26/05/2017 12:27

"A veil that highlights a woman’s revered role as a life-giver must be banished according to modern feminist philosophy because it does not fit into the agenda that dishonestly reduces the act of bearing a baby as merely ‘a choice’."

Bloody hell. Cover my head and open my legs? Yes, that sounds EXACTLY like The Handmaid's Tale.

redannie118 · 26/05/2017 12:24

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The OP has privacy concerns, and so we've agreed to take this down now.