What Muslims Around the World Think About Women's Rights, in Charts

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40. the article I linked to wasn't in favor of veiling

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sigh. I'm not really in interested in reading old threads on DU or engage in arguments you've had with someone else. You clearly are fixated on issues of clothing and sexual expression above anything else. That is your right, but everyone isn't going to share those views, not here or in the Muslim world. Those who "are in favor of veiling" defend their rights to choose what to wear, rights you have said they should not have. If they do not dress like you, they cannot be free. I do not see freedom as greater depending on the less clothing one wears. I see nothing liberated about this, for example: http://www.policymic.com/articles/39529/blachman-most-sexist-show-in-history-showcases-unattractive-men-judging-women-s-naked-bodies

It's really an issue of basic respect, whether people here respect women in foreign cultures enough to pay attention to what they care about. The answer to that is obviously no, as you repeated reference to being "in favor of veiling" demonstrates. We are not a country that respects foreign cultures. We are a country that dominates through force, economic might, and cultural imperialism. So I guess it's not so surprising I see that echoed here. I had expected better, but I now know that was wrong of me.