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In reply to the discussion: Man punches nurse for removing wife's burqa during c-section [View all]Ms. Toad
(34,062 posts)Some DU'ers, me being one of them, have said that when a Muslim woman says that she chooses to wear a covering (of whatever sort), or otherwise comply with the dicates of her religion, that it is sexist and bigoted to insist that she is a bobble-head who is unable to make that decision for herself.
That is not the same as making a generalization that Muslim women want to wear the burqa. Many (maybe even most) do not. Those that do not want to wear it deserve our support to free themselves from restrictions they choose not to accept.
However, in a variety of situations, people make choices that I would not make. My disagreement with that choice does not give me the right to dismiss it, and more important, it does not give me the right to dismiss her as a person with the intelligence and free will to make a choice I might find abhorrent.