Saturday, 27 April 2013

Facial hair or no facial hair?

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A Sikh woman, who was challenged by an Internet troll, eloquently explained why her religion expects her not to remove her unwanted facial hair. Balpreet Kaur, a student neurosurgeon, said that she does not bow to the whims of society about beauty and has no regrets about her appearance.
She explained that as part of the Five Ks Sikhs follow, one of the principles is Kesh, which asks to allow the growth of hair naturally and not cut it. Ms. Kaur, a student at Ohio State University, explained her beliefs on a website after a Reddit user posted a picture of her on line at the airport. The man, who took the picture without her consent, put it in the funny category. “I’m not sure what to conclude from this,” he wrote.
Ms. Kaur was aware of the picture and said she is very happy with her appearance as character is more important than appearance.
Ms Kaur said: “I’m not ashamed or humiliated from the negative and positive comments, because this is who I am.
Yes, I am a baptized Sikh with facial hair. Yes, I realize that my sex is often confused and I look different than most women.
However, baptized Sikhs believe in the sanctity of the body which is a gift that has been given to us by the Divine Being, and it must kept intact as a submission to the divine.”

4 comments:

  1. She for dey waka naked nau, abi dem born am with clot? Dat glasses wey she wear sef don corrupt the sanctity of her eyes. See fine girl dey do dirty, na wah o.

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  2. Na wa ooo...its her choice sha

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  3. Am afraaid to see what's under the turban :)

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  4. Wahala dey o!Its her life anyway!not such a bad sight when u compare it with seeing gay pple making out in public! Which is acceptable in most places in the world. We have better problems to deal with,let her be abeg!she no wan shave na by force?!

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