The Obsession with Hairs and Beauty

In Iran, women must cover their head with a headscarf. In some Middle East countries, women must cover themselves from head to toe. The reason is that they will not pose a temptation to the men. I think that men who cannot resist the temptation should cover their eyes or go back to their caves. Why suffer the women because of men's inability to resist temptation?

An Iranian artists said: "Women's hair is like uranium in this country. It's so radioactive, it can kill men if you don't cover up."

Recently in another neighbouring Muslim country, morality squads busted hotel rooms to catch unmarried Muslim couples in the act and catch those who display affection in public. Critics say hat they have more things to worry about, like fighting crimes.

In different societies, the definition of beauty and what is socially acceptable differs. In one extreme, women must cover up from head to toe. In another, people walk about naked and nobody blink an eye. When a person cross over from one society to another, he faces rejection because they judge a person according to their own culture. It's not how a person dress, it's how a person think.

In a mental institution, all the mad people are sane while a person of sound mind is insane cos he is the odd one.

In Burma, women with long neck are considered a beauty. In old China, women with small feet are considered beautiful. To achieve that, they have to crush their feet and bind them. In the modern world, women inject themselves with botox, reshape their body with the surgical knife. The pain that they go through to achieve beauty.

Someday we will look back at history and laugh at their sillyness while we are blind to our own sillyness.

It's heartening that there are people who believe that "ugly is the new beautiful". Models are so skinny that my grandma would think they are starved. They display clothes that are so outlandish that you won't wear in the office. The model, the clothes - it's unreal.

By the way, Elwood, a two-year-old Chinese crested and Chihuahua mix was crowned the world's ugliest dog. And the owner is proud of it. The dog resembles Yoda and the ugly Gremlin. Because it was so ugly, the breeder was going to euthanise him because she thought he was too guly to sell. Ms Quigley escued Elwood two years ago.

But does the new owner think of her ugly dog? "I think he's the cutest thing that ever lived.". Every parent think their children are the most gorgeous babes in the world, although outsiders beg to differs.

Where there is love, there is beauty. Love is blind to ugliness. Ugly is the new beautiful.