It's not a matter of what women wear. It's a matter of what anyone wears. For millions of years, communication among mammals, especially among primates, has relied on picking up cues from subtle changes in facial expression. Responding to facial cues is essential to social coordination. The idea that there is no downside to making that impossible is ludicrous.
To bring it back to human interactions, it's almost impossible to tell whether someone wearing a burka is female or male. And, male or female, does it make sense to force banks and jewelry stores to allow people wearing burkas to enter? How about balaclavas? Should forbidding people wearing face masks from entering a bank be considered a restriction on their civil liberties?
It's not a matter of what women wear. It's a matter of what anyone wears. For millions of years, communication among mammals, especially among primates, has relied on picking up cues from subtle changes in facial expression. Responding to facial cues is essential to social coordination. The idea that there is no downside to making that impossible is ludicrous.
To bring it back to human interactions, it's almost impossible to tell whether someone wearing a burka is female or male. And, male or female, does it make sense to force banks and jewelry stores to allow people wearing burkas to enter? How about balaclavas? Should forbidding people wearing face masks from entering a bank be considered a restriction on their civil liberties?