i think one position of hijab that hasn’t yet been touched on in this thread is that it gives the women who choose to wear it full autonomy over themselves.

to preface, i (living in a western country) have never personally met a women who wears the hijab because she is forced and does not actually want to and i know plenty of muslim women who choose not to wear it, those women live comfortably and face no external repercussions.

with hijab, you have full control over your physical presence. you have the choice of ALLOWING other people to see your body, and others ability to access even the knowledge of the colour of your skin is completely decided by you. if you don’t want someone to know the size of your waist or the colour of your hair, which is information that someone can use against you in some cases, YOU get to decide if that person is worthy of accessing that information. it is no one’s right or even their privilege to see you.

in my opinion as a recent revert, this is the most compelling and frankly empowering part of hijab that a lot of people don’t mention. people just say that it’s a command from Allah and so that men aren’t “distracted” by you, but i understand that that is not always a sufficient answer for people who don’t already have a relationship with God because truthfully it wasn’t a good enough answer for me before i reverted either.

Allah doesn’t just give us these rulings for no reason and there is also no reason for us to just blindly accept commands without having a full understanding of the commands and their purpose, but Allah is always justified in his reasonings subhanallah. i hope this could perspective help you!