Via NRO-Corner: The University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research conducted a study in seven Muslim-majority countries (Tunisia, Egypt, Lebanon, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Pakistan) on how women should dress in public.
Jacob Poushter of the Pew Global Attitudes Project visually recast the figures in the form shown here. ... Woman No. 4, whose hair and ears are covered by an amira, was overall far and away deemed the most appropriately dressed for appearing in public, with [a median] 44% of the vote, followed in a distant second place by the lighter hijab of woman No. 5 at 12 percent. No head covering at all [woman No. 6] found a measly 4 percent support.
The Michigan study concludes that "it would be hard to connect women's style of dress on the aggregate level to a country's level of development and modernity." Saudi Arabia, "which is economically more developed," has the most restrictive attitudes on women's attire. Concludes NRO:
To put it simply, what counts when it comes to women’s attire in public is values, not wealth. Phrased differently, Westernization is an inextricable part of modernization, whether that means democracy, Beethoven, or unveiled women.
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