Many people just don't see the hijab in terms of sexism. That you equate them is a consequence of your biases.
Similarly, your experience might be limiting your ability to interpret a foreign language. In this case in Arabic it isn't possible to say "you are a person who..." in a gender neutral way. The first word alone makes the subjects gender clear and any effort to try would be an unnatural attempt to address a Western sensitivity.
The web is full of enough opinion and group think and in fact I can think of no better way to misunderstand than to indulge my confirmation bias, looking for "patterns and context" which, for me, would be on left leaning websites such as this.
This is why we have primary sources and what we're told was said off camera doesn't fall into that category.
I'm more interested in facts than 'context' and I commented because of the headline that linked to a piece that didn't justify the headline, and linked to primary source didn't justify it either.
Jen,
Many people just don't see the hijab in terms of sexism. That you equate them is a consequence of your biases.
Similarly, your experience might be limiting your ability to interpret a foreign language. In this case in Arabic it isn't possible to say "you are a person who..." in a gender neutral way. The first word alone makes the subjects gender clear and any effort to try would be an unnatural attempt to address a Western sensitivity.
The web is full of enough opinion and group think and in fact I can think of no better way to misunderstand than to indulge my confirmation bias, looking for "patterns and context" which, for me, would be on left leaning websites such as this.
This is why we have primary sources and what we're told was said off camera doesn't fall into that category.
I'm more interested in facts than 'context' and I commented because of the headline that linked to a piece that didn't justify the headline, and linked to primary source didn't justify it either.
I've noted the NSA misnamed a few times here. The 'A' is for agency.