In a message dated 8/16/2004 11:44:28 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
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<< That's a different subject all together. Mennonites, Bretheren, Amish,
Othordox
 Jews, and other conservative Christian sects cover their heads (in various
 forms from a little doily to full head scarves) as a sign of submission to
 their husbands and men in general. I think the Jews do it out of tradition
as I
 can't recall off-hand a passage in the Old Testament about it. The Christian
 sects reference a passage in the New Testament from the writings of Paul as
the
 reason for head covering.  References are here:
 http://www.expage.com/page/headcovering >>

I rapidly lost interest in that web site as soon as I saw the words (?)
"their's" and "our's"--and felt like sending them a copy of Lynne Truss's
delightful "Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation."

Well, you can interpret women's head coverings as a sign of "submission to
men" if you wish, but generally speaking, I think modesty, religious injunction,
desire for warmth, and fashion opportunity "cover" just about everything.
St. Paul's mandate was specifically aimed at covering women's heads in church,
lest they appear to be trying to outshine the glory of God with their hair.
Since a full head of feminine hair was known empirically to inflame male
passions, modesty often has decreed head coverings.  Don't forget Griet going nearly
berserk when Vermeer asks her to remove her cap in the movie "Girl with a
Pearl Earring."

Now, as a male who hates to wear hats except in cool weather, perhaps
somebody can tell me why it's so important to boys and many older men to wear
baseball caps all the time, outdoors and indoors, at meals and even in church, never
taking them off if they can help it.  Seems to be a partial rebellion against
the custom of having a hat precisely in order to doff it as a sign of
politeness (I know, I know, that's allegedly a holdover from knights raising their
visors...)

David Haberstich

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