Although I do not agree with a women to be draped in ropes with only a small slit for the eyes, it is her choice. Well at least I hope it is her choice or the choice of her husbands and if she submitted to those choices. I do not know about Islam but I know that the women wear the ropes as a sign of wanting to be shielded from all other eyes than that of their spouse. So, in the grand scheme of things, what is so wrong with that. Even after taking religion and custom out of the equation, is it so wrong for a husband to want only his eyes on her? Well granted I would not want to go to those extremes, but if it is His choice .. and she agreed .. what is wrong with it? So is the women discriminated against because of her submission to her husband, to her religion or her beliefs or all of the above? Can a government really dictate such behavior? And on the flip-side of all that, since the women is obviously married, is it not the husbands responsibility to take care of those matters and ultimately did not the husband fail her?