I've never covered my head to pray and it's always seemed to work out pretty well...

But now, that was Paul who said all that. Paul, who was a Man, just a Man. I don't recall that Jesus hisself ever said any of those things. However, I may be recalling wrong.

Anyway, Woman was made to be attractive to Man. Man puts restrictions on Woman so he won't be unnecessarily attracted to her, and so she will not be attractive to Other Men. Man also protects Woman not because she is weaker, but because she is the Nurturer, the Giver of Life. Has more to do with Human Nature than Religion, at least that's what I think.