Week 5: Political Controversy of the Hijab

Haley Bergman 
ASA 141
Week 5

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I found this week's reading to be extremely interesting since it is a topic that I have researched before in one of my past classes: The political controversy of the hijab. This week's reading I think did a great job of explaining a lot of the issues connected with banning or forcing the hijab. It's tempting to jump onto the idea of banning the hijab because it symbolizes female oppression through the ideas of purity etc. However, by prohibiting an article of clothing to women, you are enforcing the same ideals that a woman does not have her own choice over what she puts on her body. It is up to each individual women to decide whether or not she wants to wear the hijab. This decision is not for any government or outside force to make for the women or else even if it was designed out of best intentions it becomes a new form of oppression in its own right. This reading did spark some curiosity about whether or not any clothing items for men could be compared carefully to what the hijab is to women. Are there any articles of clothing that symbolize political oppression for men or that they or either forced or banned to wear?

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