Feminism was not a frontline issue in postcolonial France, which may be because there were many problems with women's rights also in Africa. This may change due to the attention the headscarf issue, women's cutting and equality rights groups have recently received. Women's rights in African cultures are very different than those in much of the Western world, such as France and the United States. Women, in general, have been discriminated against in many cases, but this comes to a head in many “third world” countries, many of which are in Africa. Many believe that this discrimination faced by African women is based on traditions and customs of previous generations that have survived into the postcolonial period and the twenty-first century. As D. Thomas quoted from Nnaemeka, “African women are doubly victimized: first from within (their culture)…” these women are “victimized” by the values ​​they follow in their countries even before they were colonized by the French or from any other country. other country. Not to mention that women are also discriminated against by their "saviors", the French, first because they are African and then because they are African. Women in Africa attempt to become activists and fight for their right to equality, but are “often overlooked… and in most cases ignored” in favor of men, who have more of a “voice” in public. In this way, women usually have no say in discouraging the use of things like arranged marriages, choosing not to wear the veil, or female excision. In 1989, the issue of the constitutional right to wear the headscarf became a constitutional question, but more than that was whether Muslim women had the right to choose not to wear the traditional headscarf. Many French people saw women's wearing of the veil as a sign of unwanted "submission."