- The way that the media presents not only Muslim woman but every woman who decides to veil as a person who is being oppressed. When in reality the women who veil are participating in a complex practice.
Reaction: It is true that the way media portrays the women is as oppressed human beings who have no rights and are constantly being told what to do. They twist these images and force people who do not know the true reason why they decide to veil to view them in a certain way so we feel pity for them.
- Abu-Lugodh refers to the burqa as “portable homes” and states, “Everywhere, such veiling signifies belonging to a particular community and participating in a moral way of life in which families are paramount in the organization of communities and the home is associated with the sanctity of women.”
- The media shows these women as people who need saving because they are viewed as women who have no rights but some of these women truly respect themselves and do not need “saving”.
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