Being labeled as oppressed is in itself a form of oppression that Muslim women who wear the hijab encounter frequently. They are under pressure to demonstrate that they are not voiceless but have agency. This stereotype of them as antifeminist and weak is humiliating for them. By countering this impression, they are doing two things simultaneously. First, they are regaining their dignity by making their agency visible. Second, they are also contesting the prevalent notion that Muslim men are abusive.

XREF: Reverses the typical Western feminist framing of the hijab as purely a symbol of oppression toward a view of the label itself as the oppressive force.

Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, loc. 347