Fair enough about the Hindu thing.
To me the purpose is clarified by the level of adherence. You can play with the intent and try to make it out to be some sort of twisted empowerment or something - but face the facts - it's just not socially healthy. It only serves to segregate sexes, and to violate a persons right to their own identity.
If they do it out of religious belief, it isn't a personal choice - because it is inspired through something involuntary. True belief is never voluntary. And if they don't believe in the religious value of not being seen in public, than its a product of pressures from a cultural society - which is also just wrong.
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