This is somewhat true, but culture gets extremly extremely distorted and although its foundation may be in religion, most rules and societal norms have absolutely nothing to do with and even go against religion
its not necessarily oppressive because in they end, its up to them. In the quran it says "religion can't be forced upon anyone" so technically 'forcing' a woman to cover is also against islam.
They don't get punished, they get sinned, thats what a lot of people dont realise and it applies to men as well, men also have to cover a certain amount of their body and they have to lower their gaze, otherwise they get sinned too. It applies to both genders, not just women.
ykw im not even doing it to get into the school
i actually didnt wanna move and my dads like 'u need to experience the competition' and so he made me do it and yeah thats basically it
i did hornsby, st george and fort street
i did fort street last becase my older brother went there and got a great atar so theyre likely to take me in anyway