Young Muslim Women Discuss Wearing Hijab
/CNN profiles a young Muslim high school senior who says she doesn’t wear the hijab because she’s submissive. Rather, the hijab means beauty to her, a vehicle for relieving identity pressure. Some young Muslim women like the hijab as a sexual barrier between them and young men. They want to be taken seriously for their minds.
“It’s not oppression; it’s not that I’m accepting degradation — it’s about self-respect,” she says.
But she says her decision to honor her faith is already paying off.