The role of the state in the institutionalization of hijab

The manner of clothing is a cultural element of the society. In public places in the society, it becomes a public issue and states interfere in it in different ways as they do in other public issues. In any society, it is possible to identify the dominant form of fashion in any specific period. The institutionalization of a type of clothing in a society is considered to the result of the will of a nation, but states also directly or indirectly interfere in it in some cases. In modern societies, states determine and guarantee the limits of private and public domains. This paper is an attempt to explain whether it is possible to stably form the behaviors and feelings of a nation by compulsory mechanisms or whether it is necessary to use mental and cognitive mechanisms to institutionalize behaviors and feelings.