Here we go again. A certain someone has boxed us in. This time in the form of blanketing Muslim women as #traditionallysubmissive.
Actually, we don’t mind ignorant comments like these because it gives us a platform to shatter misconceptions and stereotypes, the same way #ilooklikeanengineer did.
Here are some of our favorites #traditionallysubmissive tweets. MashaAllah.
Matching hijabs with Taekwondo belts. #TraditionallySubmissive? Ain't nobody got time for that! ????????????????#WorldHijabDay @WorldHijabDay pic.twitter.com/TrlTiZt1T4
— Jazmin Begum Kennedy (@JBKAuthor) February 1, 2017
Awesome line up! #traditionallysubmissive? – not! #Rio2016 #TKD pic credit: @JBKAuthor pic.twitter.com/E3u2nWXbus
— Hamda Loves (@hamda_loves) August 19, 2016
Tell me again how oppressed we are…???? #SaturdayThoughts #TraditionallySubmissive #Muslimah #BritishValues pic.twitter.com/TSugByeuFn
— Taaliah Nazar (@Taaliah76) December 10, 2016
British Muslim women hit back at David Cameron: The best of the #TraditionallySubmissive hashtag https://t.co/hf2AjvTTKO
— Zahra Summayah (@Being_Hijabi) April 20, 2017
Try telling her she's #TraditionallySubmissive @David_Cameron ???? https://t.co/0lABAT7fSL
— WeDontNeedEmpowering (@MuslimWomenRep) August 13, 2016
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