Yes, I apologise. I should perhaps have added an asterisk next to "modest" with the explanation "at least from the perspective of some of the women who choose

Yes, I apologise. I should perhaps have added an asterisk next to "modest" with the explanation "at least from the perspective of some of the women who choose to dress that way (and some of them only have that perspective because men have taught it to them and they don't have much opportunity to challenge those ideas)". Still, I think that a steelmanned version of my comment could be valid, so hopefully you can look past my "strange" way of talking. As for your comment about religious beliefs versus cultural practices(?), I'm not sure how decisive that is. Should a French school refuse to offer a vegetarian meal to a student if they are vegetarian for cultural reasons rather than religious reasons? Or perhaps vice versa, out of an over-zealous desire to enforce secularism? And then what about non-religious ethical beliefs that differ from those of the majority?