I had an aunt who was a nun, and would often wear civvies when visiting us. So her habit was more like a uniform than a Church mandated and enforced dress code. As for Muslim women, even those who “choose” to wear head coverings are probably responding to cultural pressures. You would succumb to patriarchal intimidation too and dress accordingly if your physical wellbeing depended on it. You’d be nuts not to.

@NostraDumbass I agree with you on everything except what I would do in such a situation.

When younger, I very much rebelled. I probably would not have complied, irrepective of the possible outcome.

@Alienbeing So you would rebel even if it meant death, as in the case of Mahsa Amini? Well, some causes are worth dying for, I suppose. Nevertheless, most people prefer to live. So I wouldn’t describe those people as nuts, or even cowards, for submitting to onerous dress codes.

@NostraDumbass Death never bothered me, I know its coming so why worry?

I can imagine how rotten of an experience that was, and by ninth grade almost went to a Catholic school myself.