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[quote=Anonymous]The veil is about ensuring clear lines of paternity. All this stuff about preventing lust, and preventing men from "exploiting" women, is just putting rationalizations in 21st century terms. The problem is that the rationalizations don't fit very well. That's why defenders like PP have to torture it to extremes, insisting on false dichotomies like the image of western women in booty shorts. And why the old mindsets pop up in statements about men's supposedly uncontrollable urges and how uncovered commingling inevitably leads to sex. Modesty and chastity are requirements in many religions. The veil, however, is a pre-Islamic custom that made it into the Quran (however ambiguously). In a highly paternalistic society, a society where the family's honor may depend on the virginity of its daughters, the veil becomes a means of ensuring that virginity. [/quote]
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