Why Do Married Women Have To “Look Married?” “You're married? You don't look like it” is a phrase I have heard way too often in the nearly two years of being married. For the world, a married woman is supposed to look different. Her appearance is supposed to announce her marital status. But no one has been able to answer why that is. What do these symbols have to do with my commitment to my marriage? Has a woman wearing sindoor, a mangalsutra or a choora never cheated on her husband? During the wedding, a bride typically wears shades of red, pink, orange and other bright colours to shout