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Fantasies of Exposure: Belly Dancing, the Veil, and the Drag of History
Author(s) -
Mansbridge Joanna
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the journal of popular culture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.238
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1540-5931
pISSN - 0022-3840
DOI - 10.1111/jpcu.12381
Subject(s) - citation , history , computer science , library science
Is it paternalistic of us in the West to try to liberate women who insist that they’re happy as they are? No, I think we’re on firm ground. If most Saudi women want to wear a tent, if they don’t want to drive, then that’s fine. But why not give them the choice? . . . If Saudi Arabians choose to kill their economic development and sacrifice international respect by clinging to the 15th century, if the women prefer to remain second-class citizens, then I suppose that’s their choice. But if anyone chooses to behave so foolishly, is it any surprise that outsiders point and jeer? (Nicholas Kristof)
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