Jenny White, istaknuti poznavalac rodnih pitanja u Turskoj pri Univerzitetu u Bostonu, pojašnjava da je politička osjetljivost hidžaba povezana s njihovom povećanom vidljivošću i pojavom na mjestima koja su ranije bila zabranjena pokrivenim ženama.
Jenny White, a prominent scholar on gender in Turkey at Boston University, explains that the political sensitivity of headscarves has to do with their increased visibility and appearance in places that had previously been off-limits to covered women.