In America, well throughout the world, Muslim women are being judged based on appearance every second of their lives. An issue yet to be discovered which impacts strongly towards many adolescence girls. Muslim girls and even women are criticized by family members and most importantly men if they do not wish to cover the beautifully work of art crafted from God, which we call hair. A womenâs sexuality is not discovered just in the presence of hair, the hijab may be a symbolism for purity but that doesnât make the rest of us devil worshiping beings. In other words, Hijab wearing women are not all angels just like, non-hijab wearing women are not all evil. If an adolescence girl has to think twice about her faith, and is called âlooseâ for choosing to flaunt her hair, maybe itâs you, who need the help of God. Everyone grows hair. Women just happen to look appealing with hair, so snotty men please donât be fooled. Why make her feel less pure for wanting to feel a little breeze eh? Adolescence girls are being corrupted with this ideology of pure and not the real intentions behind it. Therefore, I will always choose to show my hair in a room full of hijab wearing women. Besides, havenât you ever herd of the saying, âdonât judge a book by its cover?â To refer back to the article, âWollstonecraft-A Vindication of the Rights of Womanâ written by Vincent, states, âWomen are not allowed to have sufficient strength of mind to acquire what really deserves the name of virtue. Yet it should seem, allowing them to have souls, that there is but one way appointed by providence to lead mankind to either virtue or happinessâŚMen, indeed, appear to me to act in a very unphilosophical manner when they try to secure the good conduct of women by attempting to keep them always in a state of childhood.â So with that being said, ladies the next time you decide to wear a hijab, ask yourself this question, who am I doing this for? Myself, or my society?
I totally agree! I wore a hijab for a while and now I don’t and it was very hard for my family to actually accept it when I stopped wearing it. I am still the same person as I was when I wore, so I understand your point clearly.
This was beautifully written, I agree women should not be looked at any other way because they choose not to wear a Hijab. a Hijab does not make a women more pure, I respect your choice to not wear one.