Contesting the Veil in America: Catholic Habits and the Controversy over Religious Clothing in the United States
Emily Yuan 20' (journal) This source talks about the controversy of Catholic Habits in the Unites States thorough out the years. Some religious habits are viewed as a degradation of women's dignity and value, but a ban on the habits in the United States might be impossible due to the First Amendment protection of freedom of speech including clothing items. However, "criticism of the Catholic habits gained steam in the United States in the nineteenth century", and "cultural and legal objections to its public presence would culminate" in the mid-twentieth century. Though there are no practical policies to push the change of habits, the controversy over this topic continues nowadays. More and more nuns around the world start to try new styles of habits without breaking the basic rules of their faiths; women who are not nuns begin to fight for more benefits for their compatriots. The attention to self-awareness from b...