wasseem, why bother me giving only one bedoins example that use coverings to save themselves from the sand that stirred up by the wind? they dont wear those coverings coz they were given such religous orders. waseem, i wasnt born today, i know the life of those women.

mrx, i would argue u, but i wont!
honestly? i know why some women would want to wear such blankets even at such hot temperature. its smth that european women cant figure out, simply they dont know the family life as closer as eastern women like me, and they support the 'religion freedom' idea, having no clue wots beneath that, namely a pressure in a 'holy' family. (actually i face it in every religous ppl be it christian or muslim).
back to the subject, they were brought up so since their birth, and they wanna be seen as good submissive women, they r encouraged to do this in their families. those women who took part in the demonstraions against the 'scarf prohibition' been seen in their families as heros and treated with more respect. its kinda play that i cant accept.

indisputably, i love freedom, freedom of belief and etc! i cant imagine we go back when we just reached the level of open discussions. we cant enjoy so called belief freedom closing our eyes on 'women slavery'. i will not pretend as if its okay knowing the tragedy of those women all over the world!

well,i can understand you well kazpol,and i'm agree with you,sure religions brings more limits to females more then that,and i think thats the unfair of humanity,deep of history full with many unjustices to women from men,and thats the reflection of that i think

I would also like to add that from my experience of Turkish culture, it seems to me that even the women who don't cover themselves and do drop the blankets and look more 'free', they also do these things in order to please men and to fit men's ideas about what women are supposed to be and look like.
There is another side to the conservative Turkish culture, the culture of pornography served with the morning news. Women are valued purely as sex objects.
I'm wondering why nobody mentions the other side of the hypocricy of the situation.

Interesting that all the women in specific areas 'want' to be owned by men, but all women in other areas don't want . Waseem, don't first agree to a society with hypocritical system of values and then say that if women want to cover themselves, it's their decision.