238 karma · joined August 13, 2016
First of all,I'm not sure if Islam says is mandatory, but not all religious folks go with it side by side.
For rational people, is not a secret that women are below men in most religions, specially Islam. I personally think these clothes are another shenanigan the patriarchs that wrote the Quran, used to "protect" their women (one has several), from other men. Same with the celibacy thing.
So, even though women say they choose to wear it, IMHO, this is just the Stockholm syndrome. The reality is that women raised on Islam families suffer a lot of pressure, because in their irrational tradition, the family has to decide the live of the woman. If the woman reveals against this, there is one common consequence: Disinheritance, your family will not longer treat you as a member, etc. Sure, there are religious families more tolerable, but that's not often the case.
And there's an even worst consequence a woman can face if she reveals against family traditions: Honor killing.
So, having those consequences in mind when "choosing" to wear or not a hijab, is not choosing at all.
Although there are many countries that don't demand visa, they will only allow you in for 3 months maximum.
Edit: I was amazed by LG's UI on android 4.4. It's fucking cool. Those guys know how to make life easy and pretty for folks. It is actually a 14 bucks phone that kicks 100++ bucks phone assess
I'm actually trying to get rid of it and move because Window Phone 10's UX is a mess. Nothing makes sense, and apparently most developers don't have a clue about UX in the WP10 ecosystem.
For example, the native app to watch video, doesn't have a control to swipe and fast-forward. Wut? So you have to actually click on the length bar to get to the minute you want. That's like UX 101. And it's like this with so many apps...
The first step is always the hardest, but after you take it, surprinsingly and for your joy, everything will fall into place.
I don't know if this happens to you, but I was always wondering what would people think of me in certain situations, for example talking on my phone in public (where everybody can hear what I say), or wearing a sight-seeker shirt or something along those lines. That really hold me down to do things. So I also figured, most people don't give a shit, and if they comment about it, 10 min later they would have already forgotten. And of top of that, chances are you'll never see them again in your lifetime. That helped me destroy these irrational thoughts I don't even know where the hell I got them on the first place.