What does my headscarf mean to you? | Yassmin Abdel-Magied 

DuncanL7979 I agree. If you're qualified then you're qualified. Funny because people can be given scholarships or job positions simply because they are of a certain race or gender despite that there could be someone who has prior experience and worked hard to apply for that same position and not get it. That's not injustice in of itself?

Nikki Caswell not to mention the non whites are taking over white nations and we cant invade an take over their useless shitholes

DuncanL7979 a. To properly ensure even opportunity regardless of your race. If the occupation is dominated by specific race, that leads to assumptions that they're the only ones that can handle it, while not that many occupations have anything to do with race. b. Diversity is a one factor of creativity. When we learn to look beyound the safe and narrow perspective of our familiar tribe, we learn to think outside of the box and experiment wider. Remember, as they are diverse to you, you are diverse for them. Nobody is arguing that underqualified diverse raced person should take the spot of the non-diverse one. That would be racism. The problem is that we undervalue the diverse race, because of this bias(if it works, don't fix it).

DuncanL7979 The goal was never to achieve diversity in workplace. However, the lack of diversity suggest that unconscious biasness plays a role in determining the work force and those in the work force aren't necessary the most qualified. There is a subtle difference in those two. The orchestra experiment is a perfect example.

***** According to Islam EVERYBODY are born muslim. This is why anybody converting to islam are called "reverts" not converts. So -she is both born and raised muslim, I'm afraid.

Knut Lyd Im sure SOME people do believe that. I do not.

^ please tell me your joking

***** You are right, but go easy on this trivial technical mistake alright?

Everyone is born a believer

You've accepted that women wearing a veil are more modest than women that don't. In that way wearing a veil becomes a sign of moral superiority. It's a natural tendency for people to form groups and they always defend that as a positive way to associate with one another but the downside of forming a group is the exclusion of the people who aren't allowed in and the way they are looked upon. That is usually the start for bigotry and violence between groups. The only solution to that is that we don't ascribe a higher moral value for members of our group but accept the humanity and equal worth of everybody or possibly even understand that the evolutionary advantage of forming a group in a modern world becomes more and more meaningless.

Yassmin Abdel-Magied has never read the quran and al hadith... I did... in Arabic.. She is sugar quoting barbaric islam and fabricating stuff as she goes along... Sharia means Law, no need to add law, is quran clarified by Al Hadith (mainly Sahih Al Bukhari). Read Sahih Al Bukhari 9.84.57 about her false claim that there is no compulsion in islam: “Whoever changed his Islamic religion, then kill him". Also, read the prayers in quran 9:5 and 5:33. That's real islam.

@@bushkhalifa6341 Respect yourself... and people will respect you... There is no hate nor ignorance... Saying Islam is a fabricate cult of hate against infidels and women, terror and Halalized crimes by a false prophet who prayed on little girls and married Aisha at 6 is NOT hate on Islam... It's describing Islam. Can you read Arabic? Read Sahih Al Bukhari 9.84.57 about her false claim that there is no compulsion in islam: “Whoever changed his Islamic religion, then kill him".

@@bushkhalifa6341 very low IQ comments.... Muhammad the false prophet who preyed on women and children, even legalized child marriage to molest Aisha when she as a child, has deceived you for 1,400 years... You have never read the quran and al hadith, let alone al sirah al nabawiyyah or al sahabah... I did... in Arabic.. Muhammad's punishment for apostasy is very clear in the quran and al hadith.. yet you parrot "There is no compulsion in faith" Sharia means Law, no need to add law, is quran clarified by Al Hadith (mainly Sahih Al Bukhari). Read Sahih Al Bukhari 9.84.57 about her false claim that there is no compulsion in islam: “Whoever changed his Islamic religion, then kill him". Also, read the prayers in quran 9:5 and 5:33. That's real islam.

I personally love to wear headscarf and find it very stylish, during my high school years I met a friend that was muslim and must say she was very beautiful and very smart but had to work a lil bit more than others to be heard or even noticed especially in a room full of men. The points you mentioned are completely right everyone has the right to dress in a manner that makes them happy not others, as a women I can be covered or not covered people will still discriminate or look down on me so I feel life way too short to try make others happy. Be you and make your happy & never chance your values beliefs for others.

Could also do the opposite by affirming orhers' confirmation biases.

Does she even know what she is speaking about?

(stares in Lebanese diaspora who is salty about Muslims fighting with Christians in my homeland)

@@cineverse442 our country is far better.

@@ayezaamin1510 which one?

muslim, hindus, christians but all of them are indonesians..

Stop fucking bringing up Saudi Arabia or Iran into this. We Muslims fucking despise them both with at least 90%

Jonathan Green hi i'm a muslim gay guy from Saudi Arabia. my muslim married aunt is an engineer and works in an oil company without a head scarf.... i don't know what year you and your media lives in.

3jw can she walk on the streets without it?

Alpha SSNP and yet you worship from the same book. This is no different than a moderate Christian berating the Westboro Baptist church.

i'm free to do what i like. so is you.

sure

Thats so true, I believe the saying when they say dont change a book by its cover there is so much more to learn if we just take the time to read a few chapters in the book.

do ou read Quran ?

Men too are also asked to cover and look down. Where you at?

It's not only for women,men also have to keep their gaze down in front of a women,and protecting our parts is not something bad,that's why there is less number of rape case among our society

matthieuriolo im from Kuwait.an islamic country mostly.rape allegations are atleast 2-3 reports a year.

matthieuriolo how much in America?

Funaru I think the key word to include in these discussions is "compartmentalization". I find it really unsettling that she can make a sound argument detailing the ways in which our biases affect our perceptions, yet she still only allows herself to see the parts of Islam she wants to (because thats the only way any moral person could ever be ok with it).

fxxxprofanity Agreed. It requires a great deal of cognitive dissonance to adhere to a religious tradition that makes women second class citizens and have jobs like a boxer or an engineer at the same time.

Funaru Thank GAWD for that cognitive dissonance. Islam (like any of the religions that have gotten so big) cannot be actually destroyed in any sort term, but it can be subverted with insidious liberal beliefs :P. They're being dumb, yes, but it can be an overall help for societal reform. Plenty of Christians in the west will simply never leave 'Christianity' in their lifetime, its just how our brains and cultures work, BUT they CAN foster a cognitive dissonance in their mind that allows change to happen regardless. Personally, I think the 1900s was the century for that to happen/start in Christianity (helped by foundations of the last couple of centuries of reform before it; and now Christians are dropping off into non-religion or atheism/agnostic atheism), and the 2000s may be the century for it to happen/start in Islam (helped by precedent with Christianity and the far-too-fast spread of technology, information, communication). Maybe I'm idealistic with that, but whatever, I have hope and it has some grounding.

Funaru I'm sorry, correct me if I'm wrong, as a result of your extensive research of the Sciences of Hadith and Quran, Islamic Jurisprudence, History of Islam as a whole(the past 1400 years) and the Arabic lexicon, you managed to summarise it, logically of course, into one sentence. I do fail to understand, however, how I have forsaken, by your standards typically, my ability to be independent and devoid of reason by just covering my hair (?).

1) Reading and interpreting mythical texts isn't a science. 2) One needn't know Arabic to understand Islamic theology and history. 3) Only women who veil themselves because they imagine a God demands it are irrational, not all women who cover their hair.

scubadrew9292 I can't wait for the big arguments, debates, conflicts about things if/once its 'proven' that we aren't even born, and that consciousness is an utter illusion. Humanists vs Transhumanists fight fight fight! But for now, annoying and old and boring religion fights, yawnnn.

scubadrew9292 We're not born a certain religion but manipulated from birth so it's not as simple as a choice, it's the effect of lifelong manipulation.

Nothing against God but the religions that we see around us are just to flawed. In your case women are blamed for sin. But you shouldn't have to worry. In tradition, villages used to put all their blame on a goat and then throw him off a cliff and the villages thought they were clean. A scapegoat. Later religion put the blame for your sins and everybody else on an innocent human and then kill him and think that now they are free of their own sins. It is washed away by the blood of the suffering victim. A human scapegoat. So even if you are a woman you shouldn't have to worry. Or do you find these ideas to unjust and repulsive to accept? Innocent victims blood makes you clean and righteous in the eyes of the Lord. If the Lord is not corrupt or easily fooled well then of course these people are in deep deep trouble.

Muslim Well no one can really leave. Islam is crazy like that. Crazyyyyy.

I chose to be muslim. my family is all Catholic

Maybe it's because that's not why they wear it. Plenty of muslim women who are not married wear it, and marriage and kids is not compulsory in the religion

***** My answer to you as a Muslim: it doesn't make any sense. You're absolutely right and your gym analogy is brilliant. However, I think it's still better than nothing at all. God says in the Noble Quran : "Tell the believing men to reduce [some] of their vision and guard their private parts. That is purer for them. Indeed, Allah is Acquainted with what they do. And tell the believing women to reduce [some] of their vision and guard their private parts and not expose their adornment except that which [necessarily] appears thereof and to wrap [a portion of] their headcovers over their chests and not expose their adornment except to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands' fathers, their sons, their husbands' sons, their brothers, their brothers' sons, their sisters' sons, their women, that which their right hands possess, or those male attendants having no physical desire, or children who are not yet aware of the private aspects of women. And let them not stamp their feet to make known what they conceal of their adornment. And turn to Allah in repentance, all of you, O believers, that you might succeed." Surat "An-nur" ("The Light" Chapter) 24:30-31.

sasssine yup just dont make sense

Like all girls even those who cover up have insecurities so by wearing makeup they can feel more confident in their own ski and i personally belive that makeup applied in more of a natural way is ok whilst wearing hijab

DrMilgram Older women are allowed to stop wearing the veil. It's in the Coran. And some of them do stop wearing it or wear it in a more relaxed way. EDIT: If Muslim women in the US stopped getting sexually harassed by non-Muslims in the US because they set themselves entirely as from another group then it has already worked out wonderfully for them. Also they are not responsible for how others interpret their dress or if they get deranged by it for their personal reasons.

Adriana Contreras So no arguments then.. Just: " you're stupid". How eloquent.

Adriana Contreras You do realize that your are just proving your own ignorance by dismissing the many very legitimate arguments against this. Its ok though you can go on being ignorant and not look at it through the eyes of others.

Benjamin Wood What fucking arguments, their are none, you literally just created your own double standard by refusing to look through the eyes of her argument. Go home kid, you're drunk

Oh please +jesuspaid4you2 i'm assuming you read this in the QURAAN... Or perhaps you just "saw" this happening by your house? #trololol

Benjamin Wood So as long as I see things from your perspective I am not ignorant. However, if I have my own opinion I am being ignorant. Interesting Benjamin. Sounds like you are precisely the kind of person she is referring to. MInd your business. My comment was to her and not to you. I don't know you from Sam. Nor do I care for your opinion be it different or equal to mine. You are entitled to your own thoughts and views.

Odis Mesa naaah you can do it in Kuwait too..

I'm from kuwait 😂 and it's like any other regular country idk about other countries.

Rawan Almufti yeah😂

Rawan Almufti but he/she is saying that the girl in this video can ONLY talk like this in a European society

People in the west are just stupid... They believe they are the bedst and have the perfect system XD

not all men..but there are some.. you wouldn't deny..islam requires men to lower their gaze and do not look with lustful intentions and also wear modestly.. it is for preventive reasons not for accusing all men or women.

@Simon Jordan What makes you think Muhammad is a pedophile??????? Can you give me specifics reason to all your claims? If not then that makes you slanderer and deceiver yourself.

@Ajax Soundgod wow.. you literally copy and pasted this comment on another replies lol. And what a pathetic hateful social circle you must be living in

@Ajax Soundgod eh. Not copy pasting comments anymore?

@Ajax Soundgod why do a typical hate preacher like you always put words into other people's mouths. Saying we say things we never stated. Not surprising. Self centered person

@Ajax Soundgod ignorant people never be clever once in their life and you're that person.Huh?In Quran?Give me the evidence .Are you a clown?this is so funny

There is a difference and surely you can tell what it is.

Me too, my grandma was Catholic. But the historical and religious reasons for why catholic nuns cover themselves and why muslims wear the hijab are vastly different. The social meaning differs.

Joyful Moon i agree whats the difference

Well to be exact Mary,Mom of jesus also wore scarf

But she was free to take up the violin and join an orchestra and shed the scarf at concerts - if she had talent in that direction and wanted to pursue it.

Well for one, you can't wear your outfit in a Muslim country because what I imagine what you mean by "your outfit", it probably might have a bit too much skin showing which is the equivalent to a woman wearing a bikini in a toy store.

A good point: I'm so tired of Muslim women picking on the "flaws" of Western society, when the majority of Muslim countries are literally dripping with injustices to women- although they have some legitimate points, they would be of much greater service to the world by helping to bring their own Islamic societies "up to speed" with the modern world; THEN we can work on the other issues....

"Too much skin" as being decided by....whom?

You are aware there are TED lectures in Turkey, Uzbekistan, Malaysia? These are all Muslim countries. Why when people talk about something everyone jumps onto Saudi Arabia band wagon. You are aware that in America there are states where polygamy is allowed. Does it mean that just because American nutheads love to have 5 wifes at a time, it should be legal in Europe too? Or walking around in USA with a gun is completely normal, will you be able to do that in U.K.? No! Just no! Every country is different.

You can dress however you want in most muslim countries. Most. Some people use religion as an excuse to tell people what to do, which is wrong.

That's kinda the whole point of the talk...

fr like a muslim women i would never expect to me a boxer because hitting in the face is haram. am i racist secist homophobic or am i using logic

SpaceManDawn why?... that's so random

SpaceManDawn No we don't. Just like how not all Christians hate gays.

Maria A My cousin was murdered by Muslims for being openly gay. They threw rocks at him until he died. He was only 17.

SpaceManDawn Sorry to hear about your cousin. However, nothing in islam justifies that kind of behaviour, that's called extremism. I dare you to prove me wrong. Yes, islam doesn't advocate homosexuality, but islam also doesn't advocate murder. If someone "chooses to be" homosexual, then it's nothing but a sin... and you should never be killed for a sin. So what "they" did doesn't have anything to do with islam. Also, this is coming from a gay muslim.

SpaceManDawn I'd actually be shocked if someone who spoke so passionately against discrimination had a problem with people's sexual orientation.

beating women is not part of islam. Your irogance can be seen from a mile away.

I belive that Islam is not fundamentally bad. Or any worse than any other religion. It is the people who follow these religions who are at fault for using faith to support their tyrannical world views.

***** Yeah, kind of how the worl- people, I guess I should say, are.

***** both decisions are personal choices practiced by muslim women around the world..for instance in an arabic muslim majority country like TUNISIA..the liberal government forbade HIJAB for a very long time...a large number of women protested as they wanted to wear it in compliance to interpretations of certain verses in the quran THAT CLEARLY encourages modest clothing for both men and women...it has nothing to do with Saudi arabia or sharia law...its encouraged in the quran...I believe that forcing women to wear/not wear a head scarf is kind of like forcing a nun to wear/not wear a cross...TO A LOT OF MUSLIM WOMEN HIJAB IS A SIGN OF THEIR FAITH AND COMPLIANCE TO GOD..IT ISNT ASSOCIATED WITH ANYTHING ELSE....

***** If you were a Muslim who opposed Sharia, you'd be a hypocrite. Why bother. Sharia is Islam.

***** Islam is fundamentally bad. All religions are such. Islam is worse on a practical level.

I do NOT respect religion. I have zero tolerance towards it.

+Anna Danielson We all have the right to criticize any ideology no matter what. No idea is above criticism, and religion is in great need of it, especially islam.

+Elias Hedberg spreading hate won't make the world a better place either

Hate is subjective. Exposing Islam as the idiotic and backwards belief that it is could be considered hateful, I in fact think it is. But it's the good kind of hate; we should all hate bullshit. Don't confuse this with hating all muslims though. You can hate the belief while respecting the believer.

Anna- just because you think you do doesn't give you the "right" to determine what others' "rights" are.....

Michael Matta Admiral Ackbar!

IT'S A SCARF!

orestisDisturbed It's a scarf -like the bones-and-scull emblem on SS officers hats are just pins.

Michael Matta ماكدونادز

Knut Lyd but... Admiral Ackbar said it! It must be a scarf! (I hope you realize it's a Star Wars reference to the "IT'S A TRAP" quote...)

***** Yeah, the neckbeards have better weed.

Wormwood Unbound Not particularly, Anti-Islamic sentiment doesn't necessarily come from fedora wearing atheist neckbeards. In fact often these neckbeards refuse to fight the hard fight against Islam and would much rather bash the easy target that is Christianity, just like most "liberals"

Alicia Tucker There really was no problem in the old days if women wanted to play a musical instrument, or be in an orchestra or ensemble. There might have been some barriers professionally. But as a hobby, the ladies could play and love their music very openly. An accomplished lady in a Jane Austen novel was, I think, almost expected to have some proficiency on piano. Back in the 1800s. Are there any hijab-wearing ladies in orchestras anywhere today? In the West? Are there any who feel free to take up music, the learning of a musical instrument? Has the lady speaker here ever tried her hand at the violin, piano, or guitar? Did she use the example of the orchestra and gender bias as a way to put into our head the idea that, just in case we that it's no complete surprise to us to know of hijabi-clad car mechanics, engineers and kickboxers, there are really complete surprises galore - that there are hijabi-wearing, violin-playing young ladies dotted here and there, dreaming of the day when you won't recoil from the sight of them in plain view. If only one can remove his unconscious bias!!

Man thank you.

dont think it has anything to do with being a Muslim or woman specifically and just more about general biases that humans have.

@@Jay-kx4jf You know, this is narcissism at it's purest. She is basically saying that all the middle Eastern countries, all the Muslim majority countries that claim to follow Islam are wrong. And if she was their leader and if she lead them that would be the true and pure Islam. All were wrong. She is the only bright person to rightly interpret the thousands year old books.

@@pranshuanand2974 you think like mußlim

I live in a Muslim country and what she says is right

I agree with your idea.

Andrew Haddad for "cultural enrichment" reasons, any Muslim would get flayed alive by a real TED audience

***** Please explain. Does "real TED audience" not support free speech? Yes I know it's a bit contradictory to say "free speech" that fundamentalist muslims are opposing themselves too, but this speech isn't about endorsing islam, not to mention fundamentalist islam.

RealationGames When I say "flayed alive" I imagine a TED audience would atleast give them the time of day and respectfully listen to their argument. However I greatly doubt many would agree and I'm sure many would take on certain points and argue them back. There's no positive to being a Muslim that I can think would make a smart academic audience would appreciate and support.

MrBeasterAndFeaster The overview at the bottom says it all; unconscious Bias.. People need to learn when to leave others alone. Most of these "critics" are just unabashedly shaming people for having the right to believe what they want to believe. Its like systemic oppression at its finest! I feel like I'm entirely juxtaposed to the ignorance in this comment section, which sucks, it makes me sad that people can be so dismissive of things they dont understand. Not that i'm saying I have a deeper understanding of the subject matter either I'm an atheist, but I would never go around to my Christian/Muslim/Buddhist/Jewish friends and give them flak because they want to have faith in something they think makes them a better person. That would be fucked. If anything I admire their faith because in its way its pure regardless of their shortcomings. And neither do they give me flak for not believing in any religion. because they are decent and respectful human beings. I learned at a young age to respect peoples decisions not vilify them for it and I'm downright appalled at peoples ignorance in this matter.

GlazedGamer Yeah you're right , Thats why people who bash and disrespect the religions I can't call them atheists or agnostic, they are anti - religious into where they constantly oppose the religions and and disrespect those who believe in it. It's ok to question the people about their religion but when you intend to gain or give knowledge

GlazedGamer When Muhammad ordered his followers to "kill unbelievers" and the pretext for attacking others was their belief, was that "unconscious bias"?or was that "conscious bias"?

CHAS1422 when did the prophet order to kill the unbelievers ?

Justkidding BIGFAN One among many verses: Qur'an:9:5 "Fight and kill the disbelievers wherever you find them, take them captive, harass them, lie in wait and ambush them using every stratagem of war."

Does the Inquisition amuses you? May be the Crusaders? Or the modern Western Imperialism? Or WWI, WWII? Not to mention Hiroshima and Nagazaki? عشتم بيننا في حريةٍ وأمانٍ وازدهارٍ اقتصادي أكثر من ١٤ قرناً، وما إن تسنح لكم الفرصة أو تنقلعون عند أسيادكم الغربيين حتى تبدو حقيقتكم القذرة المقيتة: أنتم الحاقدون الغدارون الكامنون بيننا كحيات التبن!

Why?

agree your opinion

Hello there! What’s important to realize is that the hijab isn’t mandated for Muslim women for men and by men. It is a loving instruction for God, by God. :) This author may have an opinion, but it is not the word of God. Again, this is her opinion, so it doesn’t really have authority or truth in that absolute sense. I personally have not read her book, but based on what you think of it, a SOCIETY is oppressing women, not the hijab/mandate from God itself. Victim-blaming is absolutely unacceptable in Islam, both men and women do their part, and if men attack women or vice versa, of course they aren’t let off the hook because the women was showing her hair! That would be unjust, and even if a women is just completely naked, men must lower their gaze. That’s what I had to realize and I hope you realize it too! This is a really really brief response, but please consider looking into Islam from reliable sources, such as Yaqeen Insitute, and then form your opinion! God bless you and guide you to the beautiful path. ❤️ Goodbye! (Islam is a beautiful religion, and even though it gets bad press, give it a chance and look into the Quran and Sunnah! You’d be surprised)

sure i think so

of course,her speech is really good

Cringe

I know, right? I can't believe all the hate here

It makes me want to vomit

No shortage of virtue signalling either it seems.

In this woman's case, it's entirely deserved, and self-inflicted. Her conduct, and disrespect towards the nation, and the people, who gave her refuge, is a disgrace.

Indeed, both Yassmin, and those who seek to enable her, despite her racist disrespect towards the people, and the nation that gave her refuge --- a claim that's now been proven to be a blatant like --- are perfect candidates for retrospective abortion.

Haha😂 she the most hated person by true Aussies

Hope more and more people will take it like a normal scarf.

so why are u not muslim quran is word of god no other religion claims this except us, athiest is the worst religion to commit to how can u beleive there is no god u clearly grow up around bad people not reading and understanding the quran daily/ everyone week. may allah guide u my brother

SURELY YOU JEST🤪🖕

Primalxbeast And with "our society" you mean the muslim world.

Primalxbeast She is a brainwashed moron. The amount of down votes is encouraging. Because it shows that people are not buying her BS.

Primalxbeast no, it means people are not stupid enough to listen to a brainwashed backward culture that has turned the middle east to a hellhole by just these type of BS beliefs that god will burn you if a man sees your hair

Jamal Piruzdelan Someone attempted to brainwash me once. I turned off the TV and I was ok, though.

Hassiri the khajiit A nice warm cave is a better option :) I don't mean a real cave of course, I mean the one that you can make in your head while you pray to Allah.But seriously, break free my friend don't let others to tell you what is right or wrong, use your good old human instincts that follows natural law of life and well being. There is no god that we know of, the whole universe is a grain of sand in an infinite desert.

u don't like beheading when u guys have the lethal injection and electric chair?! ur so confused

before u talk ... u sould read about what really islam means

Why gays? Islam believes it's forbidden to be muslim and to be gay, but if your not muslim, then you should be the person you want to be. And if any muslim comes up to you and says you are wrong, you just tell them that they are more in the wrong with ignoring one of the main rules of islam, and that is to mind your own busines. I love islam, because islam acknowledges the fact that there will be non muslims, and they made rules for muslims on how to live with them, and I love how islams mains rule is Let Them Be. Be friends with them, give them advise if you want to, invite them for dinner, because at the end when we die, we do die alone, and you will be taken accounted for what yóu did, not what your friend did, so spread kindness. It saddens me so much that the world and a part of the muslim community doesn't see that true islam.

The quran teaches: "When in war, do not kill those who run away, do not kill women an childeren, do not kill those who surrender, do not kill when when you have won, do not kill the wounded, do not kill the innocents." "For if you have killed one human life, it will be like you killed all mankind. And if you saved ones live, it will be like you saved all humans live."

A proud muslim So Mohammad was wrong killing the jewish tribe? Killing the woman who wrote a funny poem about your imaginary god? Makes no sense.

So if a Muslim leaves Islam to become a Hindu, what does Islam teach will happen to him when he dies?

Seminko Yes, most surgeons are male, but it is surprising that even knowing that his dad was dead and his other parent would be a woman that people were still confused by the surgeon saying that the patient was her son. That caught me out too and I'm a woman.

Couldn't agree more with you.

Seminko Bias is not the only problem but denying it exist is ridiculous. There's bias with race, gender and class. Your point just makes another example of bias. We tend to think in generals instead of particulars, and for that is that particular cases suffer the rule of the majority. Is a self perpetuating problem, there isn't more female surgeons because a bias exist and a bias exist because there isn't more female surgeons.

AguzSuiCaedere "Is a self perpetuating problem, there isn't more female surgeons because a bias exist and a bias exist because there isn't more female surgeons." Have you read what I posted? There aren't more female surgeons because women do NOT want to take the responsibility!

If you don't want their to be bias, stop enforcing a patriarchal society that says men are more capable and that men walk harder. An example in this video clearly showed that men are favoured. It is not a lack of encouragement and work ethic that stops women becoming surgeons or top paying jobs, it is the oppressive society that shows women as inferior.

Kelli Vance The video was not about religion...Think you have clearly missed the point.

this is not my post - but it still relevant, copypasta from Shabadadoo Shariya, is taken directly out of the Quran and Hadith. It is the commands given by Muhammad on how to exist in a society by murdering them! You mean this is Feminism??? Quran (4:34) - "Men are in charge of women, because Allah hath made the one of them to excel the other, Quran (2:228) - "and the men are a degree above them" Quran (33:33) - "And abide quietly in your homes..." - Kinda hard to let women drive if they're aren't even allowed to leave their homes now, can they! KSA is the only country ACTUALLY following the rules! Quran (4:11) - (Inheritance) "The male shall have the equal of the portion of two females" (see also verse 4:176). In Islam, sexism is mathematically established. Quran (2:282) - (Court testimony) "And call to witness, from among your men, two witnesses. And if two men be not found then a man and two women."Quran (5:6) - "And if ye are unclean, purify yourselves. And if ye are sick or on a journey, or one of you cometh from the closet, or ye have had contact with women, and ye find not water, then go to clean, high ground and rub your faces and your hands with some of it. - Meaning women are dirtier than actual dirt! 10th Lie - It's Cultural?? ROFL You do realize that women in the UAE, OMAN< Kuwait, Pakistan, India, Iran, Afghanistan, are all wearing a cloak in 40 degree temperatures right?? Because they're governed by their men who are governed by this Fluid Shariya you talk of. Muslim women do take their husbands name, not the last name, but the first name! You know why? Because a woman can be traded between a father and a son, and therefore a woman need to be clearly identified as to whose property she is. Quran 33:37 ..............So, when Zayd had come to the end of his union with her (and she had completed her period of waiting after the divorce), We united you with her in marriage, so that there should be no blame (or legal impediment) for the believers in respect of (their marrying) the wives of those whom they called their sons (though they really were not), when the latter have come to the end of their union with them. And God's command must be fulfilled.She's stupid. Quran (33:59) - "Tell thy wives and thy daughters and the women of the believers to draw their cloaks close round them..." Men determine how women dress.I don't know who educated her, she thinks by throwing in the Middle eastern accent that she will be taken seriously?

SAMMY Just amazing she deserves a minutes silence for this

Very emotive. And a woman is a fan of it. What a surprise.

AtheistPriestess Brilliant comment.

AtheistPriestess That's a lot of the problems with unconscious bias... we can be wrong even if we guess right for the wrong reasons... "oh, it's a man, and they're gay parents" ... well, you just found a way to circumvent sexist-bias for anti-hetero-bias... :( These ideas of inherent bias are nothing new to scientists... you spend all your time convincing yourself that something is right, just to have it proved wrong, that you start doubting everything you believe... In compsci it's even weirder, because it doesn't matter what you think the code says, it matters what the computer thinks your code says... nearly every single computer crash ever has been due to the programmer telling the computer to crash in this special case... it doesn't WANT to crash, but what choice does it have? It was programmed to regardless... Bias is horrible, and there's very little we can do against it... Google's engineering pool is pretty close to the ambient pool of people available for the positions. (i.e. yes, they only have 7% women, but the graduation rate for women is 7% of compsci) ... they've done that by putting in numerous barriers against bias. Like, make up your standards before you interview (if you construct them post-hoc, you end up favoring your biases), ask the exact same questions of every candidate (it's very easy to ask harder questions of people you're already biased towards) and hiring from a committee that discusses the individual's merits, rather than just leaving it to a singular hiring manager.

AtheistPriestess SMACK!

That’s because the majority of people are straight

@@MattatYah1 They can, however, get married, have a surrogate, and one adopts the child as his own.

The connection, feeling yep yep

I don't really have an opinion on the matter. However I believe all the dislikes are because her ideas are somewhat contradictory. She speaks of all her independent ventures and achievements as a woman and how she is equal to men in every aspect, and yet decides to wear a head scarf and conform to a religion that is extremely oppressive towards women. That is why there are so many dislikes.

GlazedGamer​ You are correct she did make many valid points idiot. I wasn't even arguing against her you damn fool. I was simply explaining why so many people are disliking this video. Do you have a different idea as to why they are disliking the video? if not please keep your idiotic comments to yourself.

The dislikes are partially from the very biases she talks about in this presentation

James Robinson GlazedGamer Take this for example. If a gay man who also identified as a christian were to give a talk on gay rights and talk about how gay men are equal to straight men in every way. Yet according to the Christian faith homosexuality is a sin. Even if he had extremely good points and they were very valid. Just like the Muslim lady in this video people would still not respect him because his faith contradicts his ideas. People wouldn't disrespect him because he is gay, or because he is christian, but because he is a gay christian. Don't get me wrong I fully respect this woman and support her right to choose whatever kind of lifestyle she wants, but she shouldn't be surprised when she doesn't get the same kind of respect as other womens rights activists.

djbunglesbob1 exactly

Islam isnt reprisentented by boko haram. There are many branches of islam some brilliant some disgusting you cant just say that the most extrime version of ANY group reprisents their majority . Germans arent reprisented by Hitler , russians arent reprisented by Stalin the jews arent reprisented by Israel who bombs civilians . Islam has over a billion followers you cant just say a couple thousand people define who they are . I bet you only know a couple people who are muslim if any. I live in Turkey where almost everyone is muslim and even though I am not religious myself and I can tell you that there are many religious people who are the sweetest people you'll meet who do not have an intend of 'taking over the world'. They just want to live their lives in peace and want everyone else to do so.

Ayça Kutlu So -how many of your friends are openly gay.?

Ayça Kutlu YESS!!

Knut Lyd I live in a country 1 hour away from Saudi and I have 3 Arab friends who are openly gay, and 1 who is openly a lesbian.

kurtilein3 someone didn't watch the video

***** Why should we help.?