Perfidiousness

Not to sound pedantic but my preferred example of hypocrisy and its best friend, irony, is the life of Justus von Liebig and the results of his work. Like most good intentioned scientists, Liebig started out wanting to help his fellow man. True to form of other altruistic scientists his first invention was Sulfur Mustards which became prolific in World War 1 trench warfare before being defamed then used again in Egypt and Sudan fifty years later. The diminutive is that this chemical development was the genesis of chemotherapy which saves a respectable number of cancer patients per year. The voluminous irony though is that Liebig was the first person to make a process for Nitrogen fixing fertilizer economically viable. This single invention allowed farmers to stop the time consuming process of rotating crops and just revitalize their fields instantly. The irony is that without Liebig's nitrogen work the world's population (especially in China) would be far outstripping the ability of farmers to produce enough food to feed everyone. The hypocrisy is that Liebig didn't consider any of his works to be significant enough to change peoples lives in any momentous way.
Which brings me to Fashion in Egypt (Ok so maybe that was a bit pedantic). My humble estimate is that roughly three quarters of native women wear head scarves while an additional ten percent wear a full burka (click the links for pictures). Where I see the hypocrisy is that most younger women choose to wear highly colourful head pieces which naturally attract the eye and draw attention to the girl. Isn't it just a touch hypocritical that the article of clothing that's main purpose is to dehumanize the wearer is emphasising the only visible aspect of the Arab woman's femininity?