[Qeiafib]

Auzer,

Your idea of early nikah is fine...but I just don't understand why you insist on throwing away the shariah just because it's hard on your nafs. Yes, you can talk to your lab partners without looking at them. If they ask why you won't look at them, just explain that it's your religion. What do you mean start finding solutions for mixed environments? Lowering the gaze is a solution for mixed environments. Duh! It's not like you have to lower your gaze in a men-only environment.

And by the way,

قُل لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَغُضُّوا مِنْ أَبْصَارِهِمْ وَيَحْفَظُوا فُرُوجَهُمْ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ أَزْكَىٰ لَهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ اللَّهَ خَبِيرٌ بِمَا يَصْنَعُونَ

Say to the believing men that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty: that will make for greater purity for them: And Allah is well acquainted with all that they do.

Surah Nur, 30

^That is an ayah of the Quran. To reject it is kufr. So you should think hard about your statement that Muslims should forget about lowering the the gaze.