This evening in conversing to a Christian young lady who is half Irish and half Persian ... I almost lost it.
She was relating to me her experiences about being raised in the Middle East for part of her life ...when she quipped "Then there were the Hair Police".
I did a double take when she said this ... and asked, "What did you say?"
She replied, "the 'Hair Police' are everywhere."
She then began to share various stories of how people, and particularly other women, would start yelling at her and her sisters if their hair was showing in any way. Under the law, they must keep their all of their hair covered by their veils. She said it was often frustrating for her ... as an American to deal w/ such radicalism.
I almost couldn't contain myself .. I was laughing hysterically... I knew exactly what she was talking about ...
WE HAVE 'EM TOO -- was my reply ...
They sit in our pews during worship service inspecting every split end, bang and shoulder length hair ... state troopers from the pulpit obsess over hairstyles ... eyebrows ... hair cosmetics and more. Violators of the hair law are punished, ridiculed and ostracized.
She was puzzled.
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