I'm western and to be honest I hate to see women wearing the veil.
To me this is why: Face to face communication is part of our culture and is important to us westerners. Its linked with honesty, openness and being able to communicate effectively. In contrast, covering the face signifies duplicity, deceit and the like. Theives and robbers cover their faces.
If you are ill, worried and being treated by a doctor explaining what is wrong with you and how you are to be treated, you surely want to see her face, to take comfort from a smile or a reassuring expression, to see the sincerity on her features. How can you do this through a piece of black cloth?
I would hate to be treated by a veiled doctor, have my child taught by a veiled teacher or plead my case to a veiled judge. I couldn't do it. Same as covering their face is part of their culture, face to face communication is part of mine.
Does anyone else feel this way about this issue?
2006-10-19
12:20:17
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