I don’t remember how this started, but as I was gradually waking up this morning, I was thinking about restrictive dress codes dictated for women in various religions.

In Orthodox and Ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities, one of the reasons they dress the same is so God will recognize them apart from everyone else.  And one of the reasons the women wear wigs is that only their husbands should see their hair.

So this leads me to thinking about other, worse restrictions, like in the Middle East, where the women are completely covered up and their movement is restricted, because otherwise, they might meet men and fall in love and marry someone their fathers haven’t chosen for them.

This, I think, is more like breeding dogs, than the way human beings should be treated.

Then I ponder – so why is it OK to do this to the dogs?  Do they mind breeding with other dogs of their owners’ choosing, rather than picking for themselves?

Wondering this, I figure probably not, because dogs would breed with sofas if they could.

And if they could, well, leather furniture would be a lot cheaper.

But you’d have to buy an entire set at once to make sure they were from the same litter.

Unless they weren’t purebred, then you’d be taking your chances:

Forgive me, I’m not much of a cartoonist, but this had to be visual.