Jewish and christian women use to do the same. Although not in a niqaab, but definatly a scarf type thing covering the hear. Some still do. Like in Greece. Many older women still wear something similar.
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I didn't even need to look hard. I just googled "old greek woman".
Scarf over head is much different from mask on face.
There are certain psychological and physiological effects of a mask.
1. Fear. Whether you are the one to wear a mask or someone else, people inherently associate masks with either robbers, superheroes, or medical professionals. Two of three of these are bad, as if a doctor needs to wear a mask, he is doing dangerous surgery or you have something bad enough to protect from, something contagious. In other words, masks awaken flight or fight response. You'll notice that even in the case of superheroes, the vast majority of them cover their eyes, not their mouth.
2. Distorted sense of security. The mask is an old totem used by pretty ancient cultures. Usually animal masks to pretend to be that animal. But the protectiveness is all in our heads. Masks actually don't protect against the Coronavirus or any other disease, and it says so on the box. Yet this wives' tale about you protecting other people. (1) I'm not sick so why am I wearing a mask to protect you? (2) When did we become a "needs of the many" fascist government? All that matters is my being able to breath, not tour feeling safe (which you never will).
3. Physiological issues. Masks trap air. This means extended times wearing masks will not only cause you to run out of usable oxygen and flood your breathing air with CO2 (two bad conditions: hypoxia and hypercapnia), but they also trap moisture as the face begins to sweat. The good news is the mask breaks down and allows breathable air in once it gets too damp. The bad news is any perceived protection is gone around them, plus they now have moldy air to deal with. Oh, and not having enough oxygen dulls the senses and makes you irrational and stupid.
4. Dehumanization. When a person's face cannot be seen, they are able to be treated as not human. Less than.
5. Concealment of self. On a very symbolic level, if I said "stop wearing a mask" to someone who wasn't physically wearing one, they would get what I meant. Masks create a persona to the effect that many people create a mask without wearing one.
6. Subjugation. People struggling under all these issues are easier to take over, because they are sufficiently messed up. That's why Muslim women seem so submissive. Because from the start, they're having to deal with this stuff.
7. Marginalization of non-mask wearers. Next time you wask around town, look at the signs on the store. How many of them tell people KEEP OUT in either subtle or not subtle terms. In fact, there's a perception that people who don't wear one are violent. When actually they just want people treated as humans (see #4) again.
The other day I was a trip in to the city, and when I was waiting for the bus I wore sunglasses and face mask. Next to me there was a family where the woman wore a niqab.
When we stood there a Norwegian man come up to the woman, starting to bully her for covering up her face.
I stepped for ward and asked the angry man, why he bullied her, but not since I to was covering my face totally and could not be identified, he was unsure what to answer so he run away.
So why is it ok for me to cover up fully, and not her? Is it because she is a Muslim who " don't do it on her free will" ?
Don't kid yourself. You're not doing it on free will either. You still have not made the connection that this is a red-green alliance (both the socialist/communist fronts and the Muslims hate the west and its success, blaming their failures on it), and that everyone around you is peer pressuring you. Try walking around town for one week (no mask), and see how "free" you are. You'll likely get shamed numerous times (respond with this "I wanted to see how
you would treat me if I didn't do wear one") up to and including accusing you of causing death, you'll be asked to leave, and you'll likely get treated like the Norwegian man (bullied by people who can't be identified). Yeah, I didn't misread that. You're only looking at this story from one side, the side of the hijab wearer. But you have no idea how much of an outcast the man feels.
