Again, I am against the idea of the Hijab - that women be dressed modestly in front of men. As I said above, if liberal muslims want to adopt the Hijab as a sign of muslim pride, why don't the men wear it for a change and walk around? Why can't they be modest for a change and not sinfully tempt women? Maybe that would change the idea behind the Hijab and not make it as dangerous as it is now.
To put it simply, the idea that women are responsible for tempting men and attracting them is a dangerous idea that is prevalent even in western society - she asked for it. And ideas like the Hijab is only supporting this.
Because men want power and control over women. Even if it's a subconscious fall in line and blindly support everything a preacher, Imam or holy book says kind of power. You see how dangerous it is for women to question authority in religions, but it can still be for men at times. Their fellow men will attack them, ostracize them or worse if they leave the herd of male domination. Stay in line and don't you dare suggest those women should be treated fully as equals. Don't you dare suggest sexism is sexism.
Power feels good, makes you feel superior and at the same time, many of these men will be watching porn, sleeping outside of marriage and then in more extreme cases beating or raping women. Ironic isn't it. Enforce morality laws/oppression on women, live a life not enforcing said oppression on yourself because you have a dick and are a man. Men don't wear burqas and have to stay at home/not have autonomy.
All Abrahamic religions are steeped in sexism and male superiority. The only progression civilization has to move forward is a constant critique, mockery and ridicule of blatant sexism and sexist practices. Zero tolerance. No going backwards.
Yes, you have to use your scalpel to try and do it efficiently and with a thought towards not victim blaming, but cowering away from it because well-meaning idiots are ready to paint everyone critical of religious sexism as a bigot? Yeah, that's not how you help future generations who want spirituality in their lives to reform/modernize.
We live in 2019, not thousands of years ago.
Probably not the most popular man around here, but Hitchens seen all of this time and time over, from Christianity/Catholicism to Islam
Islam features more in the spotlight in our current time because it's becoming a growing religion in many Western nations. Most of us in our lifetimes have already seen the fierce battles against Christianity and Catholicism, notably to pass things like legal abortion and legal gay marriage. Not to mention all the smaller battles around sex education, contraception and morality policing of girls (Catholicism especially wants a vice grip over girls/women and to force notions of immortality around sex outside marriage. Or celibacy for priests. Because that works well.).
That's not to say battles against Christianity and Catholicism when it comes to sexism/literalism/bullshit have ended, but we have been trending towards reform and less nonsense for a while
http://www.brin.ac.uk/figures/attitudes-towards-gay-rights/
Thanks in part to all the people who have fought over the years and not been afraid of the well-meaning idiots calling all criticism bigotry or the religious people who shout "I'm offended! You're blaspheming!".
Progress doesn't care about your feelings. Either you get with the times or you will be left behind. Either you speak up for equal rights, or you'll get trampled on over time. As I said above most activists and those who speak out will try to use a scalpel to attack effeciently and with thought in mind to victims, but many will not be impressed with you playing the offended/bigotry card as a means to defend the status quo/defend sexism or hide behind the bigotry of low expectations.
I expect the same from Islamic men as I do from Christian or Catholic men. The three dominant religions of our times. You can all argue over what God you think is the real one, that's up to you and your faith, but none of you should be getting any special treatment around sexism/beliefs and actions that are of times well before our current education/understanding of humans.
