When I was little I thought women wore head scarves to keep their hair from blowing in the wind.  Of course, back then I thought women were weaker, less intelligent, less practical, and more emotional than men.  And back then I had never heard of a hijab or a burka, or that a woman should walk ten paces behind her man, or that a woman should submit without question to the authority of her father/grandfather/husband/uncle/brother/priest.  I didn't know patriarchal societies cast women in that role.  I thought they were just made that way.  I thought everyone knew that.

Now where are we going and what's with the handbasket?