Hijab-wearing women altered dress and demeanor under citizen surveillance
Evidence
Muslim women described the various ways they altered their behavior and dress in public spaces because of their constant surveillance. They told me stories of how they were careful to wear colorful hijabs and smiled more often in public to avoid appearing morose or oppressed. They attempted to reclaim their American identity while wearing the hijab because they knew they were being surveilled. — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 484
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Muslim women perform their behavior and dress as self-discipline enacted by surveillance — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 486; Hijab-wearing women self-impose house arrest out of safety fear — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 488
Related
- Muslim women alter their dress in response to fellow citizens’ surveillance, not male oppression (similarity 0.93)
- Hijab-wearing women are caught between self-surveillance and resistance. (similarity 0.92)
- Muslim women’s dress choices are constrained by citizen surveillance, not male oppression (similarity 0.92)
- Citizen surveillance constrains hijabi dress more than Muslim men do (similarity 0.91)
- Surveillance pressure to represent an entire collective erodes hijabi women’s individuality (similarity 0.91)
- Muslim women perform their behavior and dress as self-discipline enacted by surveillance (similarity 0.91)
- Hijab-wearing Muslim women self-surveil under scrutiny while claiming agency through it (similarity 0.90)
- Women alter dress to escape the citizen gaze, not male oppression (similarity 0.90)
- Some hijab-wearing women resist surveillance by reclaiming public space (similarity 0.89)
- Surveilled Muslim women respond through a mix of self-surveillance and resistance. (similarity 0.89)
- Hijabi Muslim women internalize surveillance by self-regulating behavior in public (similarity 0.89)
- Muslim women treat public behavior as a duty to represent Islam favorably. (similarity 0.88)
- Private citizens surveil hijabi women and recast their dress as un-American (similarity 0.88)
- Muslim women alter hijab color to counter oppression stereotypes (similarity 0.88)
- Muslim women alter dress and demeanor to counter surveillance-based stereotypes. (similarity 0.87)