Diocletian: It has to be understood that, to a muslim man, the whole point of veiling is to prevent women from getting sexual attention from men. They don't want their wives or daughters to be thought of as sexual objects by other men. Possibility of their wives or daughters being subject to an ongoing wet dream inside the head of another man is just driving them crazy.
No,
it is they who only see women as sexual objects, and they project this world view onto every one else.
If this is a true representation of their mindset, then they are suffering from a psycho sexual disorder for which they need psychological or perhaps psychiatric intervention. Perhaps there is something in the culture which has arrested the sexual development of these men. They should be concentrating on their studies, their work, the care and protection of their families, and the well-being and future of their country, not lost in a perpetual adolescent sexual reverie.
Is there sometimes a sexual element to some degree in relationships between men and women when they are interacting on a social or even professional level? I would say yes, in certain, although absolutely not all situations, and it varies by individual. Some people are more than content with what they have at home. Also, men and women can be friends, you know, with absolutely no sexual attraction between them. If that sexual attraction does exist, that "frisson" can be part of what adds some spice to life. However, among civilized people it is very often sublimated because of professional competition and/or ethics, societal norms, moral imperatives, and religious strictures. We are not all animals, after all.
Most importantly, the health, safety, educational, professional, and economic rights of women cannot be sacrificed to the neurosis or psychosis of damaged men who can control neither their thoughts nor their actions.
Ed. After listening to all of this, I have changed my mind ...the wearing of the burka should be banned in all western countries as a human rights violation. Anything other than a simple head scarf should be absolutely prohibited, and even then, safety concerns would limit where it can be worn. Furthermore,
any country which enforces it should
never be permitted into the European Union, and perhaps all immigrants who hail from countries which practice it and other inhumane and anti-woman practices, like female genital mutilation, should be denied entry even under refugee status. Let them be taken in by countries with similar world views.
Or explaining traditions (or long lost prosaic explanation) in realm of religion and spirituality. Same as Explaining existence and use of Burka in terms of women's fundamental rights, particularly freedom of what to wear.
