Islohotchi musulmonlar, liberallar va gender ajratishiga qarshi chiqadigan progressivlar ko'pincha juda tajovuzkor bo'ladilar, va ularning tajovuzkorligi gender ajratilishi kerak degan fikrdan ichlarida his qilgan g'azabiga mos keladi. Lekin bu nima uchun shunchalik katta muammo? Hatto eng dunyoviy jamiyatlar ham qandaydir darajada gender ajratishini joriy etadi. Hammomlar gender bo'yicha ajratilgan. Kiyinish xonalari gender bo'yicha ajratilgan. Sport umuman olganda gender bo'yicha ajratilgan. Dunyoviy jamiyatlar erkak va ayolni tan oladi va bu gender farqlarini son-sanoqsiz yo'llar bilan amalga oshiradi.

Muslim reformists, liberals, progressives who oppose gender separation are often very aggressive, and their aggressiveness matches the indignation they feel at the notion that genders should be separated. But why is this such a problem? Even the most secular societies impose gender separation to some extent. Bathrooms are gendered. Locker rooms are gendered. Sports are gendered in general. Secular societies recognize male and female and operationalize those gender distinctions in countless ways.