In fact, women are not going to achieve equality through the “right” to show of their bodies what men can show, as some people would like to have us believe.
The definition of beauty is ever-changing: waifish is good, waifish is bad, athletic is good - sorry, athletic is bad.
📚 Read Also: Reverts Share Tips on Growing Spiritually Needlessly, I spent a lot of money I did not have on potions and lotions in hopes of becoming the next Cindy Crawford. I spent my entire teenage years trying to do it, until I was a borderline bulimic. And because no one knows, no one cares.įeeling that one has to meet the impossible male standards of beauty is tiring and often humiliating. No one knows whether my hair looks as if I have just stepped out of a hair salon, whether I can pinch an inch, or even whether I have unsightly stretch marks. My appearance is no longer subjected to public scrutiny my beauty, or perhaps lack of it, has been removed from the realm of what can legitimately be discussed. Wearing the hijab has given me freedom from constant attention paid to my physical self. It is simply a woman’s assertion that judgment of her physique plays no role in social interaction. In the West, many people regard the hijab as a symbol of either forced silence or radical, unconscionable militancy. When they refuse to wear makeup or expose their bodies, the entire society has some trouble dealing with them. Strangely, when women reject this form of oppression, they face ridicule and contempt. They, therefore, feel compelled to pursue the abstract notions of beauty, half realizing that such a pursuit is futile and endless. Women are taught from early childhood that their worth is proportional to their attractiveness.
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