“Shrouded in Contradiction” by Gelareh Asayesh

In the essay Shrouded in Contradiction by Gelareh Asayesh discusses the distention of gender in her Moslem society. She expresses her feeling toward wearing a hijab and how its not a big deal until it is. None have been more daring than I. Ive wound my scarf into a turban, leaving my neck bare to the breeze. The woman in black is a government employee paid to police public morals. Fix your scarf at erst she snaps. But Im hot, I say. Youre hot? she exclaims. Dont you think we all are? I start unwinding my makeshift turban. The men arent hot, I mutter. Her companion looks at me in shocked reproach. Sister, this isnt about men and women, she said, shaking her head. This is about Islam. I want to argue. I feel like a child. Defiant, merely powerless. Burning with injustice, but also with a hint of shame. In this excerpt, she clearly expresses the way that a hijab is about a lot more than a religious article of clothing.Its a societal definition of genders. She expresses the way t hat the hijab can become complicated do to the societal views. She feels a strong sense of injustice because on a hot scorching day by the sea short, as a result of their sexuality women have to endure the heat in silence under there hijab. When she expresses her discomfort, she is reproach by a women officer. She reminded her that the hijab has nothing to do with being a woman or a man, but is about being an Moslem woman.Thus, lies the contradiction, gender does play a role within the Islamic religion and society. This dictates the way in which a woman should dresses, and is expected to behave. This excerpt correlates with the main guinea pig of this essay, by explaining the role of clothing in an Islamic society. She also links this excerpt by expressing the powerless and guilty feelings she felt when the officer reproach her. in that respect she was a women, yet she felt like a child. Because of the societal rules and expectations that where being demanded of her.