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Why Do Orthodox Jewish Women Wear Wigs EXACTLY Like Their Hair?
How is that allowed? Talk about a loophole, no? If it offends God to show your hair to him, how does covering your hair with a similar looking wig make it all of a sudden okay? Seems like BS to me.
For the record, I am not religious in anyway whatsoever. My first answer to this question is Christians biased. I would like a legitimate answer from someone who knows wtf they're talking about, i.e. someone of the Jewish Orthodox faith or an expert on it. Thank you.
3 Answers
- ?Lv 74 years ago
By covering her hair, the married woman makes a statement: "I am not available. You can see me but I am not open to the public. Even my hair, the most obvious and visible part of me, is not for your eyes."
The hair-covering has a profound effect on the wearer. It creates a psychological barrier, a cognitive distance between her and strangers. Her beauty becomes visible but inconspicuous; she is attractive but unavailable.
The wig achieves the desired effect exactly, because a wig allows a woman to cover all her hair, while maintaining her attractive appearance. She can be proud of the way she looks without compromising her privacy. And even if her wig looks so real as to be mistaken for natural hair, she knows that no one is looking at the real her. She has created a private space, and only she decides who to let into that space.
Perhaps in other religions modesty and beauty don't mix. This is not the Jewish view. True beauty, inner beauty, needs modesty to protect it and allow it to thrive.
- Anonymous4 years ago
Why would that bother you? Are you that much of a self righteous loser?
- GloriaLv 74 years ago
It is BS. They think they are outsmarting God. No wonder Jesus called them hypocrites.