The Muslim Oppression of Men?

It is a fascinating truth that people don't tend to get things a little wrong; more often, when they are wrong, they believe or assert close to the perfect opposite of the truth.

This suggests to me that many people—it seems to be most people--are not honestly mistaken about things, but in full and conscious flight from truth.

One example is the common claim that Muslim women are oppressed by wearing the burkha.

Arab colour symbolism happened to come up in a class today. The students noted that, in the Arab world, black is the colour of kingship, as purple would be in Northern Europe. My Palestinian Arab officemate confirms the association.

Black; like every burkha.

So, to make the point clear: every Arab woman has the right to wear black. But only one man in any country has the same right: the king. Every woman dresses as a queen.

Arab women also have the right to cover their faces. Men may not; for a man, to do so would be a crime. Now, in Arab/Muslim culture, who else is conventionally shown with their face covered? God, and God's prophets.

Not exactly slumming it here, girls, are we?

Yes, women are, for the sake of modesty, expected to cover their hair, and their legs and arms—voluntarily, everywhere except some parts of Saudi Arabia and Iran, but there is some social pressure. But then, so are men.