[PsYcNeT]

Really most of the anti-female head/body covering sentiment stems from anti-Muslim/Arabic culture sentiment. Most Western males aren't against it in principle; they are against it because it is another symbol of a culture they see as a threat, and more ammo for "our ways are better, your ways are awful", regardless of whether that is true of not.

There is a pretty big Venn overlap of those who post "BOMB ALL THE RAGHEADS" macros on Facebook, and those who post "FEMINISTS WANT ALL MEN MURDERED" macros.