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It had some humorous spots. One of them was when they all had to go to Friday confession and if the girls forgot to bring a headcovering the nuns would pin a square of paper towel to their hair! Or the girls could pull their school uniform cardigans up over their head and button it under their chin with the arms hanging down alongside.
Sorry I'm being sacrilegious but its pretty damn funny in the book.
the nuns who instructed me used a kleenex instead of a paper towel, but see that you posted it first. 
So the fact that women are fully veiled means something.
I suspect its to reinforce the concept that women are not allowed to fully 'see" the divine/Kolob/god - whatever.
That kind of deep gender inequality is a big deal. Like I said above, Mitt Rmoney's personal business examples indicates he hasn't fostered women in the workplace, ever.
dance around a little in just a white sheet and bam!, sexy LOL
More sexy than these funny looking hats 
I've listened to a bit of it and can't find what you may be referencing.
Many thanks!
although I think you are getting close to the actual doctrine on this.
Of course, we're being called out on the other thread for even wondering about the symbology of these temple garments
As a matriarchal feminist who reveres a divine Goddess, I believe in the existence of an earlier, matriarchal religion or religions that predated male-dominant religions in some parts of the world. I realize that various archaeologists have tried to debunk this theory, but to me, it makes some sense. I'm not an archaeologist or any kind of expert scholar, but I've done a lot of reading in this area.
Patriarchal religions, in at least their most extreme forms, seek to conceal the sexuality, power and divinity of women. I feel it was originally a reaction by men who previously had to revere the divine, life-creating power of the Mother Goddess, and by extension, Her daughters, women. When they took over the women's roles, they also took similar garments, and covered up the women.
I don't think it is any coincidence that male religious leaders in many patriarchal religions wear "dresses" in the form of long robes, and this tradition still exists in various forms. For example the pope, cardinals and many priests wear "dresses". Meanwhile Catholic nuns conceal most of their hair and the tops of their heads. Catholic women, and many of the responders noted, used to have to cover their heads to some degree AND their shoulders. Bare upper arms were not allowed at Masses in the 1960s, as far as I know. Likewise, Orthodox Jewish women must conceal their hair after marriage, and many Islamic women cover their heads, as well as faces or their entire bodies, depending on the local custom. A woman's hair symbolizes her power; concealing the hair takes away that power. In some places, I believe Ireland and France, women accused of collaborating with enemies have had their heads shaved as part of their punishment. A woman without her hair is seen as a woman without power.
Covering women up and treating them as virtually toxic is supposed to protect the males from their (former) power. Orthodox Jewish men don't even touch women other than their wives, lest those women be menstruating and thus giving off invisible "cooties", as I call them, requiring the men to do all kinds of cleansing and self-purification. That's how much women, and their unseen power, freak out men. Covering them up supposedly keeps women from getting "uppity" and/or rebelling against the patriarchal system.
In the same way, making contemporary American and European women the slaves of the fashion industry in its various forms helps prevent them from getting any ideas in their pretty little heads that might endanger the status and power of men.
To remind women of their inability to "see" clearly and to keep them subservient (ie removing their power).
I was hoping a Mormon or ex-Mormon would chime in and give me the specific theological rationale - I'm always interested in how they frame that kind of full face veiling. I suspect it will be couched like the women are so REVERED that they must be covered up or something.
If Mitt had a history of mentoring women while in office, or even if women during his Bain tenure had thrived (and hired into the partnerships), then I wouldn't mind so much. But if his theology has interfered with his ability to "see" half the human population as less than fully equal ("binders full of women" ) that matters to me.
It matters to me a lot.
We know he lies but this would be tangible proof for me that his religion has enormous power in his daily "secular" life and not in a good way.
And FWIW, my daughter has her MA in medieval archaeology and fully agrees with your interpretation on early matriarchal religions (as do I).
