well, that's a liberal viewpoint of wearing a veil.
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personally it's not why i wear one, that's for sure!
I first started wearing a veil when i was a Protestant, even before I started in RCIA.
At the time i was a new widdow; just 2 months had passed since the death of my husband.
I went back to our church for the first time after his funeral there. It was for an
evening service, and we were gathered in the lobby waiting for the sanctuary doors to open.
There were chairs scattered around for those of us who could not stand for long periods of time, so i sat in one of them. As a widdow i was dressed all in somber drab black.
(these days it's not an unusual or distinctive way to dress, as I found out.)
any way to make a long story short, i found myself being approached by a man whose aim was to
chat up single unattached females in hopes of finding a companion.
That was the very last thing on my mind, so i found an excuse to remove myself from his company promptly. From then on i veiled as one in mourning. Which I was.
When i started RCIA (veiled and in black) and began attending mass, everyone there at my parish understood my status without my having to explain anything, even though i was unknown to everyone there.
And as a result I haven't had any unwanted solicitations again.
In our parish some women veil--young and old--and others don't.
We have regular mass--not the Latin--so that's not a factor.
Of the women who veil some are young single women and young girls,
others are married women, and stilll others are widdows like me.
so again, it's not a question of age or a married/single/widdowed status.
Some wear veils while others wear infinity scarves, and others wear either
regular head scarves tied at the neck, or long rectangular scarves draped and
wraped around the head and neck.
What i have found is that those who wear veils/scarves do so because their intent is to focus on the mass and not to be distracted by those around them.
as for keeping the veil/scarf on, two bobby pins, or a comb attached to the crown of the veil/scarf help to secure it in place just fine.
The veil/scarf is cut so that it drapes naturally,
and if one's upper body is properly covered for mass,
there's no problem with the veil/scarf scratching at all.