tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273302883043906742.post3006333051297844995..comments2023-09-02T10:14:53.094-04:00Comments on Recreating Eden: Israeli Novel, The New Yorker's July 30 cover, and girlsMary Soderstromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09265519935852076762noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273302883043906742.post-24438695140664488252011-06-08T11:09:12.554-04:002011-06-08T11:09:12.554-04:00"The woman is the burka is wearing the closes..."The woman is the burka is wearing the closes hear family her husband and her religion demand she did not chose them she did not even have a choice. "<br />Ignorance.. <br />Could the nun have chosen to become a nun because of some unfortunate event in her life and not because she grew up wanting to become one?<br />Could the girl in the middle be more of a catholic in her heart than the nun?<br />Did you ever talk to a woman in burka? Found out what her parents said? Could she have chosen this for herself? Which religious sector does she belong to which had her wear this?<br /><br />Please, please, please. Don't go around throwing opinions as facts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273302883043906742.post-44709642877869266902007-07-31T15:25:00.000-04:002007-07-31T15:25:00.000-04:00I believe that the cover is an insult to women and...I believe that the cover is an insult to women and to catholic women in particular.<BR/><BR/>A young woman in the center is wearing the clothes she picked out of the closet that morning<BR/>she is free to chose her life <BR/>narcicistic materialistic not very modest but she chose it.<BR/><BR/>The lady in the nuns habit wears the clothes she chose some time ago she wears the habit to show a life devoted to faith and service to others.<BR/><BR/>Both of these women in our society could exchange these clothes anytime they wanted to they are living lives of choice.<BR/><BR/>The woman is the burka is wearing the closes hear family her husband and her religion demand she did not chose them she did not even have a choice. were this woman to take these clothes off in her own country or society she could risk stoning.<BR/><BR/>These women are not the same and any attempt to seat them on the same level is insane.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273302883043906742.post-18458155819103156472007-07-30T09:58:00.000-04:002007-07-30T09:58:00.000-04:00Yes, that's more or less what I think, although in...Yes, that's more or less what I think, although infantilize is perhaps not the word I'd use. Groups, for many and varied reasons, socialize their members to different standards. Before we criticize another group's norms, we should realize that we're doing it too.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>MaryMary Soderstromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09265519935852076762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273302883043906742.post-61908220176530571102007-07-29T22:00:00.000-04:002007-07-29T22:00:00.000-04:00I also found that image haunting and so searched g...I also found that image haunting and so searched google blogs to see what people were saying ... leading me here! :-)<BR/><BR/>Do I understand your take correctly, that you see these as three examples of women being infantilized by three different cultures in three different ways?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com