Ma`rifat Farhangi Ejtemaei

Contemporary Western sociologists have dealt with social ills such as suicide, poverty, inequality, unemployment, marginalization, drug addiction, and the like; but in the meantime, in contrary to what is stated in the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran, they have not considered the issue of unveiling of women (or men). During the policies of Reza Khan Pahlavi to unveil the women in the contemporary history of Iran, researchers have mainly considered the lack of hijab as a social harm, often in physical squares of cities and other public physical assemblies. Using the views of Martin Heidegger, Jacques Derrida, and the Frankfurt School, this article seeks to mention the ontological distinction between unveiling in virtual environment-cyberspace (including photographs, films, and the like) and physical-social space. The result of paying attention to this difference is that, firstly, virtual unveiling - exercised through the process of unconscious domination over the audience - is considered a kind of social harm in the Islamic and Iranian society; because it is not compatible with their historical identity and their foundations. Secondly, due to its virtual nature, it should be considered a social harm, not only from the Islamic perspective, but also from the general perspective of human society.