New rule: Everybody get’s to wear whatever the fuck they want to.
Seconded.
This kind of strikes a lot of fear into me. Mostly because growing up, my father would beat us if we pulled off our sister’s hijabs. It was stressed to the utmost that it was equivalent to pulling down her pants, and that we were never allowed to touch it, not even if they were wearing it at home and no one would see if we tugged it off.
Many Muslimahs I know have confided in me that they fear that people who discriminate against Muslims might harass them if they wear the hijab, to the point where they tug it off. I myself have this fear when I present feminine. It’s unsettling.
This is the morning of reblogging shit I had not thought about.
I am not Muslim and honestly it never occurred to me that women who where the hijab would be afraid of having it pulled off of them by someone who objects to their beliefs. Probably because I don’t think it would ever occur to me to violate another persons space and tear off their clothes. That’s just well, violating.
I have my own fears when interacting with people who object to me and my beliefs and I’m sorry that anyone has to have a legit fear of their own clothes being pulled off by another person.
So reblogging this for anyone else who might not have thought of this.
All of this. My beliefs are violated all the time. But I can’t imagine it ever being taken to this level. That people actually have to fear something like this makes me sad. You should be able to walk confident in your religion.
