In the Muslim world, preventing women from being seen by men is closely linked to the concept of Namus
Namus is an ethical category, a virtue, in Middle Eastern Muslim patriarchal character. It is a strongly gender-specific category of relations within a family described in terms of honor, attention, respect/respectability, and modesty. The term is often translated as "honor"
It is oppressive. The comparison of a beard to a cloth prison is not the best one.
Namus
In the Muslim world, preventing women from being seen by men is closely linked to the concept of Namus
Namus is an ethical category, a virtue, in Middle Eastern Muslim patriarchal character. It is a strongly gender-specific category of relations within a family described in terms of honor, attention, respect/respectability, and modesty. The term is often translated as "honor"
It is oppressive. The comparison of a beard to a cloth prison is not the best one.
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