Not about culture

Submitted by Lina (United Kingdom), Nov 24, 2017 at 21:34

I would say that it's actually more about culture than it is religion... Persians and Kurds tend not to be that religious, in fact they're often secular (if they believe at all). Their culture, on the other hand... encourages women to be modest and submissive to men

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