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I would point out that there are rules about what men should and shouldn't wear too and what constitutes "modest dress", just that it tends not to include covering the head or hair. Generally, if I'm getting this right, (strict) Muslim men also aren't supposed to show most of their body (should always have long sleeves / not wear shorts / shirts buttoned right up etc) and also aren't supposed to wear anything "that shoes their shape", so clothes are supposed to be on the baggy side / nothing tight-fitting.

Whether or not the rules are always applied equally is another matter, I suppose, but that does apply across all cultures religious and not in my experience. A lot of people hypocritically expect more of their partners than they do of themselves.

Its fairly recent (and ongoing) that women don't have expectations on them above and beyond men, I mean we're talking far less than 100 years even, since men in this country were expecting / insisting on "modest dress" for women while going around topless themselves.

I guess the thing is, it took women themselves, from within, to say "no this isn't good enough" and stand up to it and the transition wasn't an easy one. Things are only going to change in other cultures when the same thing happens there... Which it almost certainly will at some point. It can't be "forced" from the outside.