We can’t explicitly require only Muslims or only Muslim men to fill out the form, at least categorically, because Muslims are a marginalized group in the US. The potential Muslim terrorists that the US fears tend to be male, for religious and cultural reasons.The US is also a place with extensive prejudices, but because of our culture and legal system, those prejudices cannot be written into law. One particularly notable example is the Violence Against Women Act, which is gender-neutral in its text, but the title alone tells you its intent.The unstated goal of DS-157 is to prevent Muslim terrorists from entering the country. Further, we have many laws where the letter of the law is equal, but the intent and application of the law itself is not. The different set of questions has its own separate form, DS-157, which was added after the 9/11 attacks as an additional check on those entering the country.The US is a place where there is generally gender equality in the letter of the law, but less in practice, and in the few instances where the law itself is not equal, the inequalities are in favor of women.
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