MISHKAT

MISHKAT

Women's Self-objectification and the Role of Spiritual Self-care Inspired by the Qur’anic Interpretation "Judgment Day" in its Treatment

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Sayyedeh Jamileh Hashemnia 1
Javad Iravani 2
Tahereh Javidi Kalate Jafarabadi 3
Ali Jalaian Akbarnia 4
1 PhD student, Qur'an and Tradition Sciences, Razavi University
2 Professor of the Qur'an and Tradition Sciences Department, Razavi Islamic Sciences (Corresponding author)
3 Associate Professor, Basics of education, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
4 Assistant Professor, Qur'an and Tradition Sciences, Razavi Islamic Sciences
10.22034/mishkat.2024.437073.2278
Abstract
The Women's self-objectification phenomenon is created by a false idea, which the woman looks at herself from an external observer perspective and she is involved in extreme and permanent examination of her appearance. Western researchers have discussed women's self-objectification's devastating effects and consequences and have provided strategies for prevention and treatment from psychology and sociology perspective. But in their research, there are no strategies derived from the religious worldview and the resurrection of the Qur'an, which is an effective factor in strengthening self-knowledge and confrontation with self-objectification. Therefore, the main issue is to investigate how to deal with self-objectification through spiritual self-care based on Judgment Day. Believing in the revelations and reciting the Qur'anic interpretations of Resurrection with the word "day" has led to the true image formation of the Resurrection in the mind and has a fundamental effect on the worldview. The interpretation of "Judgment Day" also encourages people to refer to their own soul and will lead to self-knowledge, calculation and meditation on the soul. This internal care prevents a person from paying too much attention to the body and its appearances, and as a result, the women’s self-objectification is prevented or treated.
Keywords
women's self-objectification
spiritual self-care
resurrection belief
Judgment Day
Subjects
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