Several of the Muslim women I interviewed admitted they tried to dismantle the myth that they were oppressed by wearing colorful hijabs. They felt darker colors made them appear oppressed and morbid to their fellow citizens. … By changing the color of her hijab, Ayesha was responding to her surveillance. She altered her dress because the gaze made her so uncomfortable that she wanted to avoid it, exemplifying how powerful discipline can be. In this case, external surveillance became internalized and self-imposed. Ayesha did not feel she had the freedom to dress as she would like but instead had to think carefully about what she would wear in order to avoid the gaze on her body.

XREF: Connects to Foucault's concept of panopticism and the internalization of disciplinary power.

Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, loc. 369