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I Want to Wear the Hijab
Sally Kohn: The hijab is a symbol of patriarchy and a symbol of misogyny. She says girls are coerced into it by family, government or religion; they can be killed for refusing to wear it. Women in Sudan, Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia burning their hijabs in the streets as part of fight against this thing, she says. Kohn: When free Western women take this thing that they are fighting against and voluntarily donning it and supporting it,. What those women are doing is they are support the oppressors.