-Your daughter, would you rather --
If you only had two choices, would you rather her wear
booty shorts where her butt is hanging out?
Booty shorts or what I'm wearing?
What would you rather her wear?
-[ Sighs ]
-Which one would you have her wear?
-Hey, I'm Bita.
There're lot of extreme cultures out there.
I should know. I'm Middle Eastern and American.
And I've always wondered
what the clothes we wear say about us?
Don't you want to just ask people,
why are you wearing that?
When I saw you from afar, like, for a second
I was like "Wha! Does she even have shorts on?"
And I was like "Yes!"
Should I wear them? Like, you don't think
they're, like, too short?
-Oh, my God. I look insane.
-Maybe as these guys are coming by just kind of wink at them.
-Okay. Okay. -Do a little sexy thing, okay.
-I couldn't help to notice
that we're kind of of dressed alike.
-I don't feel very confident in this outfit.
I have to admit. -Well, you should.
Honestly, I am a person who knows who I am
and I'm very comfortable with that.
-And has anybody ever called you a slut for dressing like this?
-Absolutely. Your opinion of me doesn't define me.
I define me.
-You're rad. Thank you so much.
-Yeah. -I really appreciate that.
-And thanks for spending the time to get to know me.
-Yes. -Yeah, we love it, hell yeah!
-What do you think about feminism?
-I love feminism! I'm a feminist myself!
-Why are you doing this?
-It's been something that's been on my mind
for ever since I was a little girl.
I didn't like it when I saw women covered up.
-Oh, really?
Yeah, I felt like, "Well, men can cover their eyes.
Why do women have to cover up?"
-Let me answer that question for you.
-Okay.
-Because I know that's how people try to attack the hijab.
-Yeah.
-Because actually women are tempting to men.
You need to be an achieving person.
Have other, like, assets other than your body, actually.
That's what we're saying.
You're not all the just a figure, just --
-I want to try something.
Will you guys, like, help me wear a hijab
and like, let me try --
-We would wrap you up in a second.
-Okay.
-All right.
-Can you tell that I'm saying cheese right here?
-Are you sure? -Yeah.
-Your sure, 100% sure? -Yeah, yeah, yeah.
-And then, that layer...
-Oh, okay.
-...goes up.
-Okay.
What do you guys think?
-What do you think? Tell me how do you feel?
-I feel like. -Feel like me?
-I feel little bit like a superhero.
-Oh, really? -I do feel stealth.
It's a little bit frightening out here.
-Do you mind if I ask you guys, I love your outfit?
-Are you a Muslim? -No, I'm not.
-What're you trying to do this for?
No. -Okay.
-Yeah
-So what do you think about women who wear this in general?
-I think it is a crime.
I don't think it should be allowed.
-'Cause what's wrong with showing your arms,
and your hands and your toes all painted up.
There's nothing wrong with that. -But some people --
-Like right now all I could see is your eyes.
I don't even know if you're smiling or not
when I'm talking to you.
I know now because you're eyes kind of of got squinted.
-What about women who wear booty shorts.
-Booty shorts, hey,
if you have got the body for it, go for it.
-I mean, which one would you have her wear?
-Booty shorts or the niqab?
-I guess I would probably have her wear the booty shorts.
Isn't that terrible? That's terrible.
-No. -That's terrible.
-I love this, though, you're making me think.
-When you see a woman like that does it intimidate you?
-It does.
They are cutting themselves off from me.
You know, they can see me, but I can't see them,
and I do, I find that intimidating.
-I actually interviewed a woman in the whole veil
and I went in it the same way as you.
I was intimidated to talk to her.
I didn't think she wanted to talk to me.
I saw the veil.
I thought you know it represents like hey, stay away.
One thing I noticed afterwards is I didn't judge her
for how many wrinkles she had or didn't have
or how much weight she had or didn't have,
or how many gray hairs she had or didn't have.
All I could focus on was her personality
and her eyes and, here, surprise.
-Oh.
-Am I like scaring you or what?
-No, no.
-Me dressed like this
and you dressed like that, we should not be friends.
But I really feel like you accept me for who I am.
-I'm not sure who said that we cannot connect
or communicate or be friends.
The only solution is for us to confront it
and actually connect.
-This is beautiful.
-Really? -Yeah!
-I didn't scare you to come and talk to me?
-Absolutely not. -So, tell me about your outfit.
-You're such a sweetheart.
-I don't think that you look any better than anybody else.
I don't think woman who are half naked look
any better than anybody else.
I think it's all about choice.
-Congratulations, you guys, congratulations!
-Oh, my God.
Okay.
This was crazy. I think it's BS.
What's been told to us that we don't connect,
because every woman I talked to connected with me instantly
and there was no importance on to what I was wearing,
how much or how little.
And even though neither of those extremes
are my truth they are for someone else.
And once we have the courage to accept that and get to know
them they don't seem so extreme anymore.