I agree with both Kate and Emily in the matter of how Islam, and other religions, can be oppressive towards women. However, talking to women who wears either a hijab or a burqa, I have encountered women who find it empowering in their faith. I do not think you can generalise what is oppression in one culture compared to another, because there are different norms within each culture. What may seem oppressing in one culture may have the opposite effect in another. To go off of what Emily said, in the Western world women can dress more provocative than women of the non-Western world, which is not an issue in one culture but is in the other. I believe gender roles is a big issue within all religions as well as cultures, yet it is different how
