Phenomenology of covering in the new era – Mehr news agency Iran and world’s news

According to Mehr news agency, Hojjat-ul-Islam va-Muslimeen Mohammad Reza Sabinejad, an expert on jurisprudence and cultural issues, stated in a note: Many evidences show that women have been veiled throughout the ages in civilized societies; Although the limit of their covering is sometimes less and sometimes more than the limits defined in the Islamic Sharia, but in most societies, women’s social presence with coverings that cover almost the entire body has been common. maybe you can dressing up considered the gift of the new era, especially the last century.

It seems that women’s clothing in the new age has coordinates that distinguish it from the past ages. in this load A few things are mentioned:

1. The rule of social and cultural structures of modernity

In the past, cultural and social structures called members of the society to respect privacy in communication, including in the choice of clothing. Zealousness, chastity, modesty, contentment, the existence of group solidarity, belief in moral values ​​and the prohibition of evil were some of the accepted social concepts and values ​​that lead to an increase in social supervision and ease of correction and control; But in modern societies, the ruling structures and concepts, chastity and I’m offended And they do not promote the acceptance of behavioral boundaries and moral principles.

The replacement of individualism, consumerism, freedom (in its liberal sense) and hedonism, in current societies, are the backgrounds that justify the variety of clothing according to personal desire, and categories such as moderation in clothing, general sensitivity to bad clothes and vulgarity, patches unattractive And things are not recommended.

This point is clearly the distinction between veiling in the beginning of Islam and bad clothes It explains the current societies. In the Islamic society, until the era of constitutionalism and the influence of the new western culture, tolerance of veiling in urban societies, only by some non-Muslim women and whores It was seen that they were the humiliated social minority; Therefore, the influence of this group on the respectable majority of the society seemed unlikely.

Only after the cultural changes at the end of the Qajar era and the transformation of western elements and Westernized It is a respectable class that their way of life and behavior are the majority of women in Iranian society who feel inferior in front of foreigners. Tsari Finds.

In recent decades, by applying the western development patterns, the social structures of male and female relations, wanted or not, have been designed in such a way that the observance of chastity is more costly and more difficult and the relations between men and women are smoother and maintaining privacy in relationships is more painful than in the past. Here, many women feel that they have to choose between losing the benefits of social presence by choosing the option of staying at home and participating in social arenas at the cost of tolerance in chastity, and it is very likely that the sense of dignity in social presence will overcome the value of chastity. .

The result is that in our current society, because of the existing cultural and social structures, no ugly They are a humiliated class and are not necessarily among the minorities; And this point, the equation of facing bad clothes It makes today’s society different from the past.

2- The expansion and complexity of communication in today’s era

In the past societies, the choice of the model and color of clothing was subject to personal preferences and the influences that the women of the clan and the city put on each other, and it was far from expected that the patterns of clothing would be transferred from one culture to another culture and from one region to another. Especially where cultural prejudices or religious teachings prevent people from imitating foreigners caution had But today, the expansion of communication has greatly facilitated the influence of women on each other; Therefore, we can expect to encounter new types of clothing models every day.

Paying attention to this point can be an explanation for the ever-increasing diversity of women’s clothing, the complexity of controlling the situation, and an explanation for the importance of paying attention to the issue of clothing in the current situation of society.

3. Tying the coverage with the interests of the capitalist system

What distinguishes today’s situation from the past is the management of the coverage issue by economic powers; Because the transformation of women into a sexual object and tool guarantees the interests of large textile companies, cosmetics, the film industry and many other industries, and other groups, including plastic surgery institutions, also benefit from its benefits; Therefore, the issue of covering has an economic dimension and, passing through it, has also found new cultural coordinates; For this reason, economic powers use scientific findings in the fields of biology, psychology and other sciences to manage the aesthetic sense of the youth and determine the examples of attractiveness and beauty.

Since today we are faced with organized movements for consumption and vulgarity in clothing, firstly, the action to correct the condition of clothing is faced with stubborn resistance; Secondly, clothes go beyond a means of covering and become a means of make-up; Therefore, the colors and designs of clothes lead to increasing the sexual attractiveness of women more than before; Thirdly, the personal, family and social consequences of obscenity in the cover are more than before because it is managed.

4. The politicization of the hijab issue

The hijab has become a symbol of the revolutionary Muslim woman, especially in secular countries, as well as the existence of possible political motives in bad clothes A number of women in our society have given hijab a political dimension that was not the case in the past.

The involvement of Western governments in the issue of hijab, the banning of hijab by Muslim governments such as Afghanistan, Turkey and Iran in the past few decades and the entry of countries such as Tunisia into Islamic countries banning hijab in the recent decade are also a clear sign of the sensitivity of the political field to the issue of hijab.

5. Link between cover pattern, communication pattern and personality

In some traditional societies, there were negligences in covering; For example, among nomads, Kurds and some rural communities, there was a negligent view of covering parts of hair and hands; But tolerance in covering next to culture zeal And the presence of boundaries and privacy in communication brought the message that tolerance in covering does not represent a negligent approach in social communication and does not indicate degradation in character; But in today’s societies, clothing carries a message more than in the past and tells about a person’s character and social personality; In such a way that the irregularity in the clothing of many girls or boys can be seen as a sign of their lack of identity and confusion; As the clothing of a group of girls represents their social behavior and the desire to communicate with the opposite sex, it can be a reference to reducing modesty to be public and the diminution of chastity in social communication; Therefore, discussing the clothing of young people in our society apart from the issue of the identity of the young generation and the culture of chastity, is affordable and correct correct is not.