![]() No one can go to an institution with a particular set of rules and ask them to change it to your liking. There is no room for discussion and no room for hatred or communal disharmony in these rules wherein you are welcome to wear those clothes where they welcome you wearing those clothes. If the rules of that institution are not up to your liking, you are welcome not to join that institution and go to institutions which recognize the form of clothing that you wear. ![]() When a country, or a state or a school or college or office, defines uniformity and uniforms, it is your duty to follow the rules of that institution or else leave that institution and be part of an institution which recognizes whatever form of clothing you prefer to wear.Īfter all, the defining issue is that no institution or college or office has asked you to enroll in that institution. Here, there is also a certain thing called uniformity, from which the word uniform is defined. Hence, today the Hijab is worn by most women across the world belonging to a certain faith not because it is left as a choice to them but because of the subjugation of women by their men folk.Īlso, even if women want to wear them on their own accord, it should also be part of a nation or state which should also define what is decent and defining of clothes to be worn in a public place. But, as these custodians of religion needed to safeguard their interests, they imposed it upon their women and it became more of a law unto itself. Other parts of the world had no reason to wear these robes and only had a need to cover themselves up in a decent manner (again, what is decent lies with various perceptions) and nothing more. One of them was the Hijab, or a long flowing robe which initially was used to protect against the ravages of the sand storms and worn by both men and women and even today worn by both sexes in the Arab world. This same theory was adopted by religious heads, who were also mostly men, in dictating rules to the women of the world. As a result, most societies became male dominated and he was the person who had the most say in the household fiefdoms. In between all this churn in the world, leaders emerged in the religious fiefdom and these broad concepts were further interpreted to have more say on each one’s perception of what is right and wrong, hence rules were formulated.Īlso, ancient history suggests that the women were more or less confined to their homes and were supposed to take care of the cooking, do domestic chores and raise children, while the men were supposed to work outdoors and bring in the food. Though the beliefs were more or less same, they were tweaked and twirled to differentiate between religions of different hues and colours. Slowly, when religion started appearing into society also, the general perception of most religions was to love one another, be truthful and honest, have integrity and values and a broad perception of what is right and wrong and to tread the path of being righteous. But, even there God gave thick rugged skins to camels and horses which dominated the desert landscape. It basically was the expression of superior intelligence of mankind. These robes were mostly worn in the desert regions of the Arab world and were worn by people of all religious affiliations and not by people of any particular religion. In the deserts, because of the severity of the sand storms and the threat of hot sand piercing into your eyes and skin, men and women wore long robes which were of very light material which protected them from sand storms but were light enough to bear the heat. As far as I know, with this premise that humans have a superior intelligence, they started wearing leaves, animal skins and later unwoven and woven cloth to protect themselves from nature, be it the nail-biting chill of the arctic regions where furs and thick skins were needed to survive to light cotton clothes where there was extreme heat.Īlso, the terrain or land demanded different types of clothing. ![]()
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