Al-Watan

Women love to look beautiful and love to apply makeup. Men should recognize this and understand that this as part of a woman’s nature. Moreover, there is nothing wrong with a woman who wants to look beautiful. We have to understand that women like to look beautiful and they feel happy and comfortable when they do so.

We should not ban women from wearing makeup inside schools and universities as long as these academic institutions are restricted to only women. Unfortunately, educational institutions impose rules on female students and prevent them from using makeup and looking beautiful. In some cases, violators can be dismissed or suspended. Ignoring a woman’s nature to look beautiful and infringing on a woman’s privacy are the reasons why students protest at universities.

Schools and universities impose very strict rules on women using makeup, and it was even reported that a female student was dismissed from university because of the way her hair was cut. Educational institutions should align their regulations and rules to what is taught in the education and families subject in which grade five students are taught to take care of their looks and be elegant and are shown how to apply makeup and wear jewelry.

Religious curricula taught in schools and colleges attach great importance to marital relations and increase women’s awareness about the importance of taking care of their looks. Students are even warned that neglecting their looks can cause problems with their husbands and lead to the disintegration of the family. If this is what is being taught, then why do universities discourage young women from wearing makeup.

In conservative societies, women do not mingle with men. The majority of women do not wear makeup when they go out. Schools or colleges are the only places where female students can wear makeup. It seems that most members of the public have not read the sayings of the Prophet (peace be upon him.) This lack of awareness has led many to look at a woman’s makeup and ornaments as a way to trap men into engaging in illicit relationships with women.

Our educational institutions should use the help of psychological counselors when they establish their regulations in order to ensure that women’s rights are not compromised.