Veil, a Need of Human BIOS: Study beyond Religions

 

Dr. Syed Aftab Alam

Assistant Professor, Fatima Jinnah Women University Rawalpindi, Pakistan, dr.a.aalam2015@gmail.com

 

Abstract

Generally, it is understood that religions are the basic foundations of women veil-acceptance and projection in present societies but the study of ancient communities beyond the birth of Semitic Religions evident that in approximately all parts of the globe, the women used to wear the full body covering dresses and somewhere face veil also. Due to attaining physical enchantment or necessity of climate, dresses or head covering were somewhat different but females were used the veil of body and face all the times.

Human being, man and women, has a constant human BIOS (Basic Input & Output System). Human BIOS has fixed needs and defined actions which cannot be changed or corrupted due to diseases or accidents. Human BIOS consists on skill of speaking, hearing, smelling, seeing, eating, defending, making itself beautiful, saving body or self, covering the body and loving other sex.  Human BIOS of women has some specific characteristics also like shyness, fear by exposing body and love for decorating her body. These characteristics of women BIOS urges and urged them to cover their bodies and heads with veil.

This article consists of study of women practices of veiling in ancient communities, explanation of women BIOS, female natural urge for covering and decorating their bodies. All of this study is on humanitarian basis beyond the boundaries of religions. The article explained that philosophical pathology of veil elucidated the actual bases of veil adaptation among women. Of course World Major Religions depict a social phenomenon that there is no ban on women to use veil and additionally, religions advocate modest or full body covering dresses and presents veil of full body of women as a mark of honor, dignity and modesty among all communities of the world but the article revolves around the veil adaptation only by women BIOS sphere.

Keywords: Veil, Human BIOS, covering body, Semitic Religions, ancient communities, decorating body

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CITATION: Abstracts & Proceedings of ADVED 2018 - 4th International Conference on Advances in Education and Social Sciences, 15-17 October 2018- Istanbul, Turkey

ISBN: 978-605-82433-4-7