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[quote=Muslima][quote=Anonymous][quote=Muslima][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] Both are also asked to lower their gaze. .’ [/quote]

Well, lowering one's gaze could be to catch a look at something showing.[/quote]
You know that's not the intention.  Women are asked to dress modestly, men are asked not to stare. [/quote]

If the man's gaze is lowered, plus covering the private parts, shouldn't that be enough? Why does the woman have to cover her hair, too, if men aren't supposed to be looking at it anyway?[/quote]
It's a system of checks and balances where everyone does their part - women by dressing modestly and men by not ogling.  This is the core principle, I'm not talking about the ugliness into which it translated today.[/quote]
Both are actually asked to lower their gaze. The requirements for modest dress differ between the sexes due to fundamental biological distinctions and causes of arousal. I would also like to clarify that women do not cover their hair for men, the ones who do cover,  do it because they believe it is a command from their lord and a sign of modesty,  kinda like how the catholic nuns still cover their hair to this day. T[b]he attitude that hijab and Islamic dress codes exist to protect men are an utter and total fallacy.[/b]  [/quote]
You might say that but this philosophy is very firmly entrenched in the Muslim discourse today.

It should also be noted that the exact form of hijab (open face/hands, everything else covered) is a construct of human and primarily male scholars, not what the lord commanded, even if you take the Quran to be a direct word of god. [/quote]

And that's a result of patriarchy, nothing to do with the religion itself[/quote]

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