Something I’ve noticed on YouTube when a Somali girl isn’t wearing a hijab the backlash she receives
I mean just Go on Youtube and look at the comments section of any big Somali youtuber who doesn't wear the hijab You can expect to see hundreds of comments demeaning her and ordering her to wear a headscarf
I know there are some Somalis who genuinely chose to wear the hijab out of their own free will
But I also know many who only wear it to please their parents and because they fear the immense backlash they'd receive from the community if they publicly stopped wearing the hijab. That's why a lot of girls nowadays take the hijab off for the snap, but put it on when they go outside
I mean just Go on Youtube and look at the comments section of any big Somali youtuber who doesn't wear the hijab You can expect to see hundreds of comments demeaning her and ordering her to wear a headscarf
I know there are some Somalis who genuinely chose to wear the hijab out of their own free will
But I also know many who only wear it to please their parents and because they fear the immense backlash they'd receive from the community if they publicly stopped wearing the hijab. That's why a lot of girls nowadays take the hijab off for the snap, but put it on when they go outside