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BaruchLesin
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Rescue- there is a concept of not being a stumbling block before the blind….
So according to you women don’t need to bother to be modest since men can’t control their feelings of attraction anyways?
This is not a torah oriented way of thinking. Women are required to be as modest as possible and men need to guard their eyes too. But women have a responsibility to try to ensure that they do not dress and cover their hair in a manner that entices men and causes them to have hihurim.
Chazal classified the hair of a married woman as ervah- the Terumas Hadeshen explains that the reason why the Torah commanded a married woman to cover her hair in public is because it is pritzus d’gavra, an attraction to men. Since the hair of a married woman beautifies her, is attractive to men and can cause them to sin, it must be covered. A male is forbidden to see a married woman’s hair, since it causes sinful thoughts about her which are forbidden.
An unmarried girl need not cover her hair. The Torah did not obligate her to cover it- although it adds charm to her appearance, since she is not an eishes ish and therefore has no need to hide this part of her chein in public. The Torah requires a married woman to conceal her hair from the eyes of the public in order to lessen attraction to herself, because once she is married, she may neither attract attention to herself nor may any man, other than her husband, enjoy her beauty.
So if we are going to be intellectually honest here, wigs today usually cause women to look more attractive, not less. They only attract men’s attention, therefore they are not modest head coverings but another item of beauty, fashion and glamour worn only to provoke.