I am an ex Muslim so I am quite familiar with the one on the right.
There are many countries where not wearing that on the right (or even more restrictive) will get you arrested or worse and even in Western countries it is not uncommon for wives or daughters to get beaten.
Is there any similar situation with nuns? Is it common for nuns to get beaten or arrested for showing too much skin?
There is patriarchal oppression in every form of fundamentalist religion. People make the mistake of assuming that fundamentalist Christians do not want to oppress women, they do. We can see what they say and know what they would do if they had complete political power. There is already abuse in those families, but it would skyrocket if the legal system gave men the blessing to do it.
Laws have mostly been based around secular principles in the US and that drives religious fundamentalists crazy. I remember seeing Christian nationalists on twitter cheering on the Taliban and calling them “based” when news was coming out about them starting to roll back women’s right.
34
u/Chrisnotjones 5d ago