Chivalry isn't dead!! It's a very happy thing I've discovered over the last few days...that's all I'm going to say about that. Now I want to talk about burquas. I've been reading this book about Afghanistan for my English class. In the novel, the husband asks his wife to wear a burqua so that other men wont see her face. The man says that his wife and their marriage is sacred and special and he doesn't want any impurities in it. At first, the woman is very flattered by his request. She fees protected and treasured. Now, I've always thought of burquas (which by the way is an amazing word) as being oppressive, but this new idea made me think. What if this idea actually is coming from a good place? Obviously, I have a clouded "western" view of the matter, and can't imagine what it would be like in a culture where wearing a burqua is commonplace. What I guess I've realized is that there are multiple sides to this. It isn't fair for me to criticize something that I really don't understand. We look at those who wear the burquas and call them oppressed, but they look at the way we dress and calls us trashy and immoral. I think it would be really interesting to wear a burqua for a day...open my eyes by covering them up (ha ha). This topic has just been making me think lately so I thought I'd share. What do you think?? Can the concept of the burqua been traced back to modesty and chivalry, or is it evil and limiting?
PS I was thinking about this just after I finished writing my article on prom for the newspaper. Burqua Prom, a weird, yet kind of cool visual no? Possibly a short story someday :)
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Possible Christmas present I suppose...
This reminded me of Stargirl. I thought you might like it as well.
"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain."
Yeah...her happy wagon. Guess what!!! I get to write about Stargirl for my English final, we're allowed to write about any book we want that's impacted our lives. I'm pretty dang excited!!!
Really??? I am so surprised. Not. I finished it last night. Now I need to get my hands on the sequel.
Perspective. Its a good thing. But we should be careful not to confuse it with relativism; and that's very easy to slip into. It all comes down to the motive of the heart. Its what Christ spoke about so often while on Earth, and somehow, we've plugged our ears and plod along still thinking that ends justify the means.
Perspective is a good thing.
...oh, and I didn't mean to imply that you were be relativist! More so that your post shows a healthy perspective on cultural differences. Nice blog! ;)
Eric!!! Ha, I figured it out. Nice choice with the name. Void 77 it makes you sound like a big shot.
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