Like Crayon sis said, Hijab isn't showing off modesty, it's being modest!
And let me tell you one thing straight Nerd! And hopefully you will see why Hijab is recommened.
Before I wore hijab, I used to mostly wear my hair down. I wished to God I had been put in Hijab the same time as I was put in my first nappy. Because it so happened that a postman I'd often bump into at my friends door noticed my hair and must've wondered how it would feel like to touch it. Yes he did wonder because he bloody touched it and commented on it!!!!!!!!!!! I got so angry and offended and God knows that I said. But that never would've happened if I'd been wearing Hijab.
Women can't stop men being pervs, but they can stop men acting like pervs towards
themselves by covering up And using the hijab as PROTECTION.
Look at the amount of women in the workforce who make complaints of sexual harrassment while going to work with low-cut tops and skimpy skirts. They are the one's who are oppressed because they can't dress as they want without getting sexually harrassed. They can't walk past a building site without being told to "show us your **** darling!" You call that freedom? I've never seen a woman more oppressed than in the western society.
Peace