First, it isn't Islam that treats women poorly. It is men that follow Islam that treat women poorly. Just as Christian men treated women as second class citizens in the past.
Secondly, I think it is getting better instead of worse as Muslim women see the freedoms of the west and are starting to stand up for themselves. There have been protests in Saudi Arabia by women demanding the right to drive.
My coworker has 3 daughters and he has let them make up their own mind... two CHOSE to wear the hijab, while the youngest did not. The youngest is treated no differently than the elder sisters. So not all Muslim women are forced to wear traditional clothes... some choose to completely of their own volition.
Wearing the hijab and conservative clothing isn't even a mandatory part of Islam... unlike the 10 commandments, it was more of a suggestion. An insulting suggestion that if men see a woman in provocative clothes they are more likely to be tempted to commit rape....
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