Actually I don't buy the idea that the nun's uniform has no patriarchal significance. A uniform isn't a report. Uniforms do have significance, of different sorts, in every working environment. Sometimes they speak about status, sometimes they speak to utility. A nun's uniform has symbolic meaning in that it is considered appropriate feminine attire for brides of Christ.
Oh, of course the nun's uniform has a significance. But she chooses her job while the Muslim woman doesn't choose anything. She is packed into this headdress just because she is born female.
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Actually I don't buy the idea that the nun's uniform has no patriarchal significance. A uniform isn't a report. Uniforms do have significance, of different sorts, in every working environment. Sometimes they speak about status, sometimes they speak to utility. A nun's uniform has symbolic meaning in that it is considered appropriate feminine attire for brides of Christ.
Oh, of course the nun's uniform has a significance. But she chooses her job while the Muslim woman doesn't choose anything. She is packed into this headdress just because she is born female.
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