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[–] rwbj 1 point 10 points (+11|-1) ago 

The slippery slope of puritanism.

The Arabic world didn't start out like this. Much like you have some 'cultural critics' complaining about things like boobs in video games all such movements start out as little more than 'just a little modesty.' But when you submit to 'just a little modesty' and that new modesty becomes the norm you again have movement for 'just a little modesty' that puts you just a little further along. Iterate along that for hundreds of years and eventually you have this. There was a Saudi cleric who thought being able to see eyes was too provocative and wanted 'just a little modesty.'