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Originally Posted by DanaC
That may be the case in strict islamic countries....it may even be the case in some families/sections of the moslem diaspora in Europe. It very much is not the case with most of the moslem woman i have met and interracted with.
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Wearing veil or hijab are very different from wearing burka.
I have a hard time imagining a muslim woman wearing burka but being willing and open in talking to others, especially men.
Chastity of the person is part and parcel of wearing burka. I don't see muslim women having one without the other.
If they compromise on the chastity of the person, there is no reason to wear the burka.
Think in terms of a Catholic nun in habit. She wears the habit in public, so everyone knows her reglious stance. But if she were to have a sexual affair, in offense of her vows of chastity, then the wearing of her habit is going to make the offense all the worse in her own mind. She has to chose to be guilt ridden every time she puts on the habit or she has to chose to disassociate the act from the habit.
In the end, it is the same. Along with the wearing of the garb comes the whole philosophical and cultural aspects associated with it. I don't see having one without the other.