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Perceptions of Gender and Social Norms

            A reoccurring problem within our society is how women and men are perceived. The gender norms within our society have a lot to do with how people see one another especially the way one someone is expected to look and act. Women most often are stereotyped and are said to only be suitable for wearing and doing certain things to fit into the social norms of our society. In the article "Veiled Threat: The Guerrilla Graffiti of Princess Hijab" the author Arwa Aburawa describes the art work of Princess Hijab and how with painting hijabs on advertisements she tries to change the way women are expected to look and are supposed to meet certain cultural expectations. In Ayesha Nusrats article "The Freedom of the Hijab", she talks about her own experiences with wearing the hijab and how she believes that women have a standard based on how they look and dress especially in public when we see a women walking around wearing a hijab. Both talk about western cultural perceptions and social labels, but Princess Hijab makes a more communal response and Nusrats article seems to be much more of her personal experience. Even though women are said to appear and be perceived a certain way, they are often judged because we stereotype based on appearance and social norms. As seen in both articles, those stereotypes in our society are often challenged and proven otherwise. .
             In "The Freedom of the Hijab," Nusrat explains to us her experience with wearing a Hijab and how she feels it is more than what people assume it is about. In the article she explains "I see hijab as the freedom to regard my body as my own concern and as a way to secure personal liberty in a world that objectifies women." She found wearing the hijab as a "liberating experience" and as a way for her to contribute to breaking the misconception that Muslim women are oppressed and have no rights regardless where they live.


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