In ancient Greece, it was the social norm to stay away from menstruating women because they were seen as evil. Social norms should be questioned- always.
If said girl and boy were looked on unfavourably by parents and society, treated differently than those who obliged- then yes, it is...
I see a lot of Muslim women, actually. Who wear the hijab despite not being very religious, it's indisputably accepted as the norm.
As for the oppression of hijab- I haven't made that point actually, but I'm going to have to argue that being taught from birth that that's how women SHOULD BE, is...
It's not a minority.
For example.. hijab. The hijab is VERY common for Muslim women. Yet the Qur'an stipules the dress code be:
1. Cover your chest
2. Lengthen your garments
3. Preserve your modesty
which IMO are very, very reasonable rules, yet we have a majority which preaches the hijab as...
seriously? I want to go there (and ANU, for bachelor of ed/bachelor of asia pacific relations), but all the ITS SO BORING YOU WILL COMMIT SUICIDE comments make me =\
I hate it
road trip in Syria- no food for 7 hours. stopped at a restaurant which didnt have any bottled water left (tap water isnt safe to drink there), had to drink syrian/turkish coffee
cried my eyeballs out, puked my guts out
no fun