It's understandable. When women who claim to be feminists sit there and tell other women they can't wear a piece of cloth on their heads, it must be stressful. When one is accused of supporting forced veiling, betraying women, betraying their gods, I suppose one can take only so much idiocy. And it seems that Pagan women were the loudest and nastiest about it.
How can you say you support women when you want to tell them what they can't wear? What kind of sense is that? And how can you support other women in their struggle against misogynistic theocracy when you assume that they would reject their headcoverings? Some might, but would you really end your support if she wants to keep her veil?
No one has a right to tell a woman what to wear, or not wear. Period.
I want to wear my veil. I would never tell another person that they should. We are all free, under the Divine, to choose how we honor Them. I would never ever presume to tell another how they should go about it, and neither should anyone else.
What I want to end this post with, is simply this. Sisters, whatever you plan next, if anything, count me in. I want to help. I have fight in me, and if I can ease any burdens, I will. Friend me on Facebook, and I'm @QefatHethert on twitter.
I'm a veiled Kemetic pagan and Vodouisant, and I am not afraid.
It's counter-intuitive to genuine, productive Feminism to berate women for their CHOICES. If a woman wants to wear a hijab, for instance, or be a stay at home mom, that's HER choice, no one else's. What's oppressive is forcing one's own mores and schemata onto another being.
ReplyDeleteFeminism. They're doing it wrong.
Thank you. That's exactly the point. Telling any woman how to be a woman, in any sense, is oppression.
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