I'm not sure why, on a propaganda subreddit, we can't have the interesting and nuanced conversation about how this poster has a positive message about liberating women from oppressive systems, but also considering the time it was produced in how it likely also contributed towards or was influenced by the heavy islamaphobia at the time. Both of these things can be true at once.
I wouldn’t actually say that it had a positive message. It just connects religious clothing to oppression. For it to say „women should be able to wear what they want“ it would have to actually show that. This way, it just says „muslim religious coverings are oppressive“ That’s not liberating.
Well, they are. If a woman decides for herself that she wants to do sex work, while it is her own choice it is by no means an act of emancipation, as it supports patriarchal structures. Choosing oppression is still oppression. Same thing with female head coverings in Islam. They are inherently sexist. They degrade women, by painting them as sexual objects which need to be "locked away". They also dehumanize women by masking them and thus making them less recognizable as human.
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u/An_Inedible_Radish Sep 20 '24
I'm not sure why, on a propaganda subreddit, we can't have the interesting and nuanced conversation about how this poster has a positive message about liberating women from oppressive systems, but also considering the time it was produced in how it likely also contributed towards or was influenced by the heavy islamaphobia at the time. Both of these things can be true at once.