Why a nun can be covered from head to toe and she’s respected for devoting herself to God, but when a?

Question

Muslim does that, she’s “oppressed”?

Answer 1

I like NUNS they like to be abused by SATAN!

Answer 2

The Nun is so dressed for an entirely different reason. The Muslim is said to be oppressed by other religions, this one of the main failings of all religions, no respect for the beliefs of others.

Answer 3

A nun is a profession and the habit is the clothing of her profession. Her vocation is a choice not a command.

Muslim women's dress code is a command not a choice. Some women may feel oppressed by having to wear garments they do not choose themselves or would prefer not to wear. Muslim women mostly are born into their religion so they have a command to wear what their religion decrees, not the choice that the nun has in entering her vocation.

Answer 4

The difference is that nuns have more of a choice. They choose to become nuns for whatever reason. Muslim women have a cultural expectation that they will dress that way. If they don't do it, they have a good chance of being raped by their animalistic men, apparently.

I still think that nuns have deep psychological issues, but I wouldn't use the word "oppressed."

Answer 5

Most nuns don't anymore. The nuns in our area dress the same as anybody else. I went to a Catholic church Cristmas eve with a friend, and the nuns had the headress (proper head covering), but when I saw some of them in town later, they were dressed just like everybody elso. I'm not even catholic.

Answer 6

Choice. People arent born being Christians but they are born Muslims. A nun makes a conscious decision to devote her life to God but many Muslim women wear that kind of dress from childhood. I recognise that some do it out of respect to God but in some countries it is ILLEGAL for them not to wear it. God Bless

Answer 7

I think nuns are "oppressed" just as people see muslim women.

But the nun chooses to be a nun and dedicate every waking minute to her church and helping others,and wearing those clothes as oppossed to muslim women who im most cases, dont have the "choice" to wear different clothing, or dictate their own lives.

Answer 8

Muslim women cover their faces. Nuns do not.
Nuns not only cover their body but also refrain from other actions (Such as marriage and sex). Muslim women do not.

It is the general belief (rightly or wrongly) that Muslim Men do not consider Women as equals - and the covering of women at the request of men (whether its the husband or Mohammad) is considered a repressive act.

Answer 9

that is a very good question.i think since 9/11 there has been too much fear and preuduice about.many people see the nun and think shes covering up for God but when they see a muslim they think shes covering up for a man and do not realise that the muslim is also covering for God also.i am christian and i cover my hair-does that make me repressed?

Answer 10

nuns choose to become nuns, the problem is in some extreme muslim societies women are forced to cover themselves irrespective of the beleifs or wishes.

In england / western society I imagine the majority of the muslim women who do this, they do it out of choice not preassure.

I can't think of any extreme christian societies (bar the vatican city maybe) anyway my point is it;s two different religions and two different sets of rules and shouldn't be viewed as the same thing.

But if you do then thats your choice, (i'm an agnositc buddhist so don't mind what you believe)

Answer 11

I don't know....good point, though!

The only thing I can think of is that nuns generally retain a detached distance from the community outside their own, as a whole. For instance, you wouldn't see a nun in full glory teaching at the local comp, would you? And if you did, and she happened to have her face completely covered, there would doubtless be as much an uproar over it as there was with the jahib wearing muslim a while back....