What can happen to an unveiled woman in the Middle East today?
In the Middle East today, an unveiled woman is open to anything. She can face verbal abuse, snide remarks as she walks down the street, and may even be open to various types of attack. By contrast, a veiled woman retreats into a world all her own, and even the boldest men recognize she is not to be touched.
Les explains that even today in the Middle East, an unveiled woman is open to anything: verbal abuse, snide remarks as she walks down the street, and possibly various types of attack. But if she is veiled, she retreats into a world all her own, and even the boldest men in the Middle East recognize that the veiled woman is not to be touched. He says these cultures have to be taken into view as we see what Paul is writing, and the Corinthian believers were told to be careful since this is how the world around them looked at the situation, lest they misinterpret.