Please Scroll Down to See Forums Below I started a 501c3 - non profit - last year that some people know about around here. I don't really want to give out the details here. I've been lucky enough that it's been really successful so far. I'll never be rich from it, but with NPOs the point is that the company has money, not its employees. I've been lucky I guess and had awesome volunteers and gracious donors so far.
I started a 501c3 - non profit - last year that some people know about around here. I don't really want to give out the details here. I've been lucky enough that it's been really successful so far. I'll never be rich from it, but with NPOs the point is that the company has money, not its employees. I've been lucky I guess and had awesome volunteers and gracious donors so far.
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I am happy that you have found a little bit of success, I am older and further along so it is not fair to compare I guess.
Back to your beliefs... you have the right to keep it to yourself. I have been open with everyone about my beliefs, you can hide. Your choice.
Lol. I wouldn't say my NPO is only a "little bit" successful, but suuuure.
And I'm not hiding my beliefs. You could easily find them on here if you chose to. Hit up any of the religion threads. My beliefs aren't relevant here, though, because my problem was never your beliefs or whether or not they conflict with my own.
They are worn for the same reason, but headscarves are not NEARLY as socially disruptive, which is why I said it was a huge difference. Not at all, actually. A woman in a burqua in the US would elicit stares, outrage, blatant curiosity, etc. In the workplace, that would very likely cause an issue. A headscarf might get a glance here or there, but it will be fleeting.
As for whether or not women like it - not joking at all here: One day i will visit a muslim country for diving....maybe it will be egypt, maybe it will be indonesia. Who knows. When I go, I fully plan to find a beautiful headscarf to wear, something with silk that is delicate and colorful. I will do it 1) to be respectful of local culture and not offend people with my rather stand out long strawberry blonde colored hair (I hate the idea of ever being seen as some crude westerner) and 2) because I think they can look absolutely lovely and I think women wearing them can look demure and beautiful.
Obvi not all headscarves are created equal, but there were a few muslim girls in my HS who wore them (with secular style of dress, except one who wore long skirts) and I always thought they looked mysterious. I'd wonder what their hair looked like and part of me found it sort of fascinating in a culture where the art of leaving something to the imagination has been lost by most, there were these girls that hid some of the most taken for granted aspects of their femininity. It almost made their femininity seem more precious.
My mother always teases me that the source of my power comes from my hair (like a certain bible story) and admittedly it's one of my standout features, and one of the few things I am consistently vain about lol. I guess it appeals to me because I've spent the last year working in a bikini half the time and brushing off boys-will-be-boys comments. I can understand, if I place myself in a much more modest world, the desire to protect women from those sort of encounters.
I dunno. Has nothing to do with the argument at hand...I just went off on a tangent because I really do kinda look forward to wearing one whenever I get around to visiting a conservative muslim country.
i like your spunk and passion, but please don't go to a muslim country anytime soon. maybe dubai but other than that?
and i agree, while in rome of course behave like a roman...that's why this issue is such a cvnt to me, how come the same courtesy doesn't apply to being in america? it's racist to want that from visitors that come here it seems.
and would you wrap the scarf around your dive mask? teehee
lol at a little bit of success....
i like your spunk and passion, but please don't go to a muslim country anytime soon. maybe dubai but
and i agree, while in rome of course behave like a roman...that's why this issue is such a cvnt to me, how come the same courtesy doesn't apply to being in america? it's racist to want that from visitors that come here it seems.
and would you wrap the scarf around your dive mask? teehee
lol well of dive spots....egypt was the top. Obviously I won't go there for a long time now....not till it's really settled down.
I guess my standpoint of the flipside argument is that I don't see why culturally we should find headscarves offensive. They are different, but nothing in the core of how we are raised should see them and be like, "How rude." lol. We're a melting pot, we should be more accepting of differences.
lol at the headscarf around the dive mask....naw, that would be reserved for my mainland activities. On the dive boat they would have to deal with my bikini'd out self.
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