Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Headscarves
This video was not only confusing for me but also rather shocking. I can’t believe that so much trouble could be caused of wearing a scarf on your head. I just don't understand how someone can justify ruining someone’s life by taking away someone’s citizenship and not allowing them to go to college for wearing a scarf. Another thing that was incredibly shocking was the fact that during the graduation ceremony, the women were the one beating and abusing the women wearing scarves. It seems odd that they fight for women’s rights and yet are so counterproductive when they perform acts of hatred against other women. Finally, I could not believe the immaturity of the Prime Minister of Turkey. How can a grown man (and men once everyone jumped in on it) boo a women out of a professional and governmental setting. All and all, I feel that the whole situation is rather silly and almost comical in the sense that all of these problems are caused by a few scarves that women want to wear on their head.
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You are kinda right... the whole situation about the scarves seems like it should not be such a big deal. I thought it was interesting that the women mentioned the US as being a place where they could wear the scarves and not be ridiculed. I was contemplating the different dress codes that we have here; but then I realized that we usually allow certain dress that may go against a dress code, if it is worn for religious purposes. Am I right on this?
ReplyDeleteKnowing more about the history of Turkey helps make the response to the head scarf more understandable. In Turkey, since 1922, there has been a powerful effort to create a secular state and government, where Islam is respected, but not an official religion. Just as the American founding fathers separated church and state. The law in Turkey is that women employed by the government can not wear the head scarf while on the job. So that is why the woman elected to parliament was booed. The idea here is to support freedom for women. Of course, there is a contradiction, if women who WANT to wear the head scarf are kept from doing so... as you point out.
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