Both men & women r required to cover to some extent.
In addition to normal clothing, women r required to cover their trunks
* to cover their "curvatures". This is because women r created beautiful for men's eyes &
men tend to stare at them & can get
"wrong" thoughts in their minds.
Now some woman might say men r also made attractive for women...!!! I would ask her to come into a male body for few days & then u would drop this reasoning. Because she would realize the intensity of "urge" in males towards females.
Male "urge" is more of visual/physical thing. While female urge is more of emotional thing. He wants visual stimulus & physical touch more while she wants emotional company more.
Sexual "urge" is proportional to
testosterone/androgens** levels
BOTH in males & in females. It's level in males is many folds higher than in females, so
tendency to stare at opposite gender's BODY is much more in males than in females that's why females r required to cover up for their own good.
*[24:31] And tell the believing women to subdue their eyes, and maintain their chastity. They shall not reveal any parts of their bodies, except that which is necessary.
They shall cover their chests, and shall not relax this code in the presence of other than their husbands, their fathers, the fathers of their husbands, their sons, the sons of their husbands, their brothers, the sons of their brothers, the sons of their sisters, other women, the male servants or employees whose sexual drive has been nullified, or the children who have not reached puberty. They shall not strike their feet when they walk in order to shake and reveal certain details of their bodies. All of you shall repent to GOD, O you believers, that you may succeed.
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