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During the 1970s, hijab became a political symbol. Hijab was considered by conservative traditionalists as a sign of virtue, and thus unveiled women as the opposite. Unveiled women came to be seen by some of the opposition as a symbol of Western culture colonialism, Westoxication; as a propagator of "corrupt Western culture", undermining the traditionalist conception of "morals of society", and as overly dressed up "bourgeois dolls", who had lost their honor. The hijab was considered by the Pahlavis as a rejection of their modernization policy and thereby of their rule, and during the Iranian revolution, many women belonging to the opposition had worn the veil even when they were not conservative, since it had become a symbol of opposition against the Pahlavi regime.
International Women’s Day Protests in Tehran, 1979
During the 1970s, hijab became a political symbol. Hijab was considered by conservative traditionalists as a sign of virtue, and thus unveiled women as the opposite. Unveiled women came to be seen by some of the opposition as a symbol of Western culture colonialism, Westoxication; as a propagator of "corrupt Western culture", undermining the traditionalist conception of "morals of society", and as overly dressed up "bourgeois dolls", who had lost their honor. The hijab was considered by the Pahlavis as a rejection of their modernization policy and thereby of their rule, and during the Iranian revolution, many women belonging to the opposition had worn the veil even when they were not conservative, since it had become a symbol of opposition against the Pahlavi regime.