One of the concepts that is brought up in the chapter " The Trip" is the wearing of the veils in which Marji distinguishes between the fundamentalist women and the modern women. Supposedly, hair turns men on, and therefore women must keep their hair covered, although the modern woman rebels a bit showing some longer strands. This fight of power caught my interest, and I related to it modern life. In my thoughts, I discovered that my current day similarity also only relates to women, emphasizing the patriarchy of out society.
In high school dress codes were put into place, however most related to females only. One of the big ones that received much controversy was the "two finger strap rule". Girls were to wear tank tops that were at least 2 fingers wide on the straps, as the female shoulder was distracting to the guys. However, there was no rule for something reasonable, such as the amount of cleavage in view. Girls would mock the rule, "oooh are my shoulders turning you on???" This is a present day example of the ridiculousness of such dress codes. I really do not think that hair is something that will be so distracting that a law was needed. And I give Kudos to Marji's dad for telling the teacher that she should shave her mustache if hair is so stimulating.
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