Assalamu Alaykum,
"The West interprets veiling as repression of women and suppression of their sexuality. But when I travelled in Muslim countries and was invited to join a discussion in women-only settings within Muslim homes, I learned that Muslim attitudes toward women's appearance and sexuality are not rooted in repression, but in a strong sense of public versus private, of what is due to God and what is due to one's husband. It is not that Islam suppresses sexuality, but that it embodies a strongly developed sense of its appropriate channelling - toward marriage, the bonds that sustain family life, and the attachment that secures a home."
And then here:
"Many women said something like this: "When I wear Western clothes, men stare at me, objectify me, or I am always measuring myself against the standards of models in magazines, which are hard to live up to - and even harder as you get older, not to mention how tiring it can be to be on display all the time. When I wear my headscarf or chador, people relate to me as an individual, not an object; I feel respected." This may not be expressed in a traditional Western feminist set of images, but it is a recognisably Western feminist set of feelings."
For people in the west, and those who have become immune to the environment of it, fail to recognize the root cause of the problem. The environment has affected them so much, that their eyes see only which is immediate and socially normal. God's words, the history of this civilization, and common sense, fall behind then.
Sh. Hamza Yusuf said it best when asked about which should be adopted, Niqaab or Hijaab? at a convention, He replied:
"Lets not dwell into matters which have already been dealt with 1400 years ago. Go read for yourself, and understand it yourself"