Turkish Airlines has sparked debate following a move to ban female flight attendants from wearing brightly-colored lipsticks such as red or pink.
Turkish Airlines has changed its cabin crew dress code to prohibit red or pink lipstick following “complaints submitted by passenger,” reported the Turkish Cumhuriyet newspaper.
AFP reported that the move is seen by more secular Turks as one way the government is trying to Islamize the country, and is the latest in a string of conservative measures adopted by the airline. Last year, Turkish Airlines banned the use of red-bleached hair, platinum blonde style, and flamboyant silver make-up for female flight attendants, AFP noted.
I – Word Understanding
Sparked – to start or activate
Dress code – rules about clothing and appearance in general
Secular – not religious
Flamboyant – attracts attention
II – Have your say
1.Facts about red:
Red also means “Beautiful” in Russian.
Seeing the color red can make your heart beat faster.
Red often gives conflicting messages. Red means “stop” when used on a street light, but it means “go” when worn as lipstick or given as flowers. Red means danger when used on signs and fire extinguishers. Red is the color of Communism, but it also symbolizes Christmas when mixed with the colors green, white, and gold.
2.Is black the only color for Muslim Women???? Wearing black for women is not a must. They may wear other colours that are worn only by women, do not attract attention and do not provoke desire.
3.Female flight attendants with South Korea’s Asiana Airlines recently (March 2013) won a long-running battle to overturn a skirts-only dress. Asiana’s 3,000-odd female flight attendants will be allowed to wear trousers for the first time since the company came into existence 25 years ago.
044 Airline bans flight attendants from wearing red lipstick
