Reputation for you, Gisela
Kutenurse, I hope you won't feel offended, but I think it depends on your own perceptian whether you think some things are outrageous or uncomfortable or abnormal. For comparison, some Arabs think things about our society that are not exactly true. I've read in a newspaper once:
"Our women don't suffer. Western women suffer. They are forced to go to work and have to wear short skirts and have to let strange men look at them."
They think we are forced to do such things, but it is often our own choice (influenced by society, but still). I think it's the same for these Arab women. If they say it's their choice to cover up, I believe them.
And like Gisela said, I also can't understand why some girls wear short skirts with bare legs and high heels in mid winter. How uncomfortable that must be! And I'm totally disgusted by the way women are still portrayed as sex objects by this society.
And about the temperature thing, I think it's kind of a Western idea to put on as little clothes as possible when it's hot. I have the idea people who grew up in countries that are already hot for centuries tend to put on more layers of cloths to protect the skin and keep the sun out. I'm not sure, though.
I think the famous singer Um Khalsoum once said something like: "Western women are doing it all wrong. They don't wear nice clothes when they are at home with their husband, but they dress up when they go out. They should do it the other way round, make sure they look good for their husband. Strange men don't need to look at you."
I kind of think she has a point there
