Fear makes Muslim men pressure wives to remove the hijab, inverting the stereotype

Evidence

This experience highlights the contradiction in the dominant notion that Muslim men force their wives or kids to wear the hijab. In this example, Reema’s husband desperately wanted to avoid any surveillance or negative interactions, so he tried to persuade his wife to remove her hijab. The fear that Muslim men felt from the state was real, and the attempt to control Reema’s dress reflected the stark difference in how men responded to their surveillance compared to women. — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 347

Categorization

• ADDENDUM: Feeds the ‘Immodesty’ piece — here men’s attempt to control women’s dress stems from surveillance fear, not patriarchy.