Further investigation of the effects of wearing the hijab: Perception of female facial attractiveness by Emirati Muslim men living in their native Muslim country

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dc.authorid0000-0002-9037-5820
dc.contributor.authorJordan, Timothy R.
dc.contributor.authorJordan, Timothy R.
dc.contributor.authorYekani, Hajar Aman Key
dc.contributor.authorSheen, Mercedes
dc.contributor.otherİnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Fakültesi, Psikoloji Bölümü
dc.contributor.otherİnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Fakültesi, Psikoloji Bölümü
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-26T09:55:58Z
dc.date.available2020-10-26T09:55:58Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.departmentİHÜ, İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Fakültesi, Psikoloji Bölümü
dc.description.abstractThe hijab is central to the lives of Muslim women across the world but little is known about the actual effects exerted by this garment on perceptions of the wearer. Indeed, while previous research has suggested that wearing the hijab may affect the physical attractiveness of women, the actual effect of wearing the hijab on perceptions of female facial attractiveness by Muslim men in a Muslim country is largely unknown. Accordingly, this study investigated the effects of the hijab on female facial attractiveness perceived by practising Muslim men living in their native Muslim country (the United Arab Emirates). Participants were presented with frontal-head images of women shown in three conditions: in the fully covered condition, heads were completely covered by the hijab except for the face; in the partially covered condition, heads were completely covered by the hijab except for the face and areas around the forehead and each side of the face and head; in the uncovered condition, heads had no covering at all. The findings revealed that faces where heads were uncovered or partially covered were rated as equally attractive, and both were rated as substantially more attractive than faces where heads were fully covered. Thus, while wearing the hijab can suppress female facial attractiveness to men, these findings suggest that not all hijab wearing has this effect, and female facial attractiveness for practising Muslim men living in their native Muslim country may not be reduced simply by wearing this garment. Indeed, from the findings we report, slight changes to the positioning of the hijab (the partially covered condition) produce perceptions of facial attractiveness that are no lower than when no hijab is worn, and this may have important implications for wearing the hijab in Muslim societies. Finally, we argue that the pattern of effects we observed is not explained by anti-Islamic feeling or cultural endogamy, and that a major contributory factor is that being fully covered by the hijab occludes external features, especially the hair and lateral parts of the head and face, which, when normally visible, provide a substantial perceptual contribution to human facial attractiveness.
dc.identifier.citationJordan, T. R., Yekani, H. A. K. and Sheen, M. (2020) Further investigation of the effects of wearing the hijab: Perception of female facial attractiveness by Emirati Muslim men living in their native Muslim country. Plos One, 15(10).
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0239419
dc.identifier.issue10
dc.identifier.pmid33085663
dc.identifier.pmid33085663
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85094122514
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239419
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12154/1253
dc.identifier.volume15
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000585943400021
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.institutionauthorJordan, Timothy R.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherPlos One
dc.relation.ihupublicationcategory233
dc.relation.ispartofPlos One
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectHijab
dc.subjectMuslim Country
dc.subjectFemale Facial Attractiveness
dc.subjectMuslim Women
dc.subjectMuslim Men
dc.titleFurther investigation of the effects of wearing the hijab: Perception of female facial attractiveness by Emirati Muslim men living in their native Muslim country
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