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    school‚ and prevent sexual harassment in schools and at home. Students can learn from uniforms in numerous different ways. Social pressures are what cause most scholars to dress inappropriately. If school uniforms are enforced students will learn modesty and chastity from repeated clothing choices every school day. Dictating school attire can also ensure that pupils of all races and backgrounds are welcome into any school. The schools that are confining apparel will set precedents for several other

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    clothes has evolved tremendously with the passing of time. Let us now examine whether the purposes clothes have changed. Back then‚ clothes were made with two simple objectives. Firstly‚ they were worn to conceal human parts for the purpose of modesty (Harms‚ 1938). Secondly‚ they helped to increase survivability (Danesi‚ 2006‚ p. 496) and were often “perceived as additions to our protective bodily hair and skin thickness” (Danesi‚ 2006‚ p. 496). But today‚ clothes have become more sophisticated

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    Persuasive Essay Hijab 3

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    Wearing the hijab is an honor. I view it as a symbol of protective covering. It covers the mind‚ will‚ and intellect. I am a Christian who believes in modesty. In my opinion‚ modesty is a concept that changes from time to time‚ country to country‚ and person to person. I respect women in the Islamic culture for wearing the hijab because it promotes modesty and civilization. Being able to focus on your mind in a driven world‚ where you are forced to focus on your body is essential. In my opinion‚ Islamic

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    appearance says just the opposite. It says here is a person who isn’t doing very well. He’s careless‚ inefficient‚ and therefore‚ unimportant. He deserves no special attention or consideration. With current fashion trends as they are‚ it seems that modesty and dressing appropriately has gone right out the window‚ replaced by the shortest‚ tightest‚ most revealing clothes women and tween-teen girls can find. Astonishingly plunging necklines‚ crop tops‚ mini or micro mini-skirts‚ short-shorts‚ and other

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    courage in the world. Another one of John’s traits is that he is overwhelmingly modest. Mr. Oakhurst’s modesty is proven numerous times in this short story by Brett Harte. One of those times is when John puts the death card on the tree‚ he doesn’t boast about dying while trying to save a life. He simply states that he ran out of luck on a certain day. Another time in which John displayed modesty is when he never boasts of winning all that money during card games. He had a perfect opportunity too when

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    Meaning of the Veils

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    SHAYLA- are classic‚ versatile and timeless. A rectangular scarf that is easy to wear in a variety of styles‚ it is also known as a Pashmina‚ shawl or wrap. NIQAB- are an elegant face veils‚ allow you to move through society with the extra degree of modesty you want‚ without sacrificing practicality and comfort. BURQAS- is an enveloping outer garment worn by women in some Islamic traditions to cover their bodies when in public.The face-veil portion is usually a rectangular piece of semi-transparent

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    As I walked around the mall‚ I noticed the short shorts and baggy shirts that consume today’s women’s fashion. Leaving‚ I imagined the mall back in the 1950’s. The bright colored outfits reminded me of today’s. Even though both the 1950’s women fashion and 2016’s women fashion are bold in style‚ there are many similarities and differences in the two year’s fashion senses and their impressions on America’s fashion industry. 1950’s and 2016’s women fashion are comparable in many ways. To begin‚ both

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    Figure 5 is a photo of my grandma in a bathing suit while on vacation in Atlantic City‚ NJ. The picture is dated September of 1967. She is wearing a high waist bathing suit bottom with a white stripe up the side and a scoop neck bathing top with a scalloped edge that has a daisy on each scallop. This bathing suit reveals some of her midriff‚ but not bearing her navel. Kennedy (2007) makes a note about bathing suit styles‚ “whereas the 1950’s were all about the bosoms and hips‚ the 1960s focused on

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    Religion and Society Article Assignment. Articles used – 3A and 3B. The Burqa. Sylvie Maclean. A Burqa is an article of clothing that is generally considered as a religious statement. The Burqa consists of full robes and a mesh veil over the eyes. There are other options of robes that can be worn including the Hijab and the Niqab‚ where the eyes remain uncovered. According to come interpretations of the Islamic sacred text - the Koran (Qur’an) – women must wear a full veil in order to be modest

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    assume responsibility for their errors. Chastity and sexual modesty were also very highly valued. Applied primarily to women‚ these values were not only tied to family honor but were held to be a religious obligation as well http://saudiarabiarafael.blogspot.com/2008/05/saudi-arabia-values.html Women is prohibited socialize with male native people that don´t have a parental relation‚ so they have the value of chastity‚ sexual modesty and particular deference for their relatives http://saudiarabiarafael

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