Why can women do it and not men?

I've no idea. I would expect that it's something along the lines of being a man is great, and if you're a man you're just fine the way you are, but a woman is a shameful thing that needs to be covered up to be decent.

I asked a parishioner one time years ago when I was a teenager as this was a curiosity of mine also and I was told that a man who prays wish his head covered and or with a hat dishonors his head. While women who prays with her head uncovered, no hat dishonors her head. Okay still to date I don't understand the reasoning, but will not myself wear a hat to church, even though it is allowed for women. In my church the only women I have seen do this are the elder ones.

Pointless Questions archaic ideas that men dishonor God in church with hat on and women should cover hair or dishonor god which to me is a bunch of hooey indeed.Here in California only really old staid women wear hats of any kind to church and of course the Muslim women who are forced to cover their hair and face in some of their churches. I am just a lowly protestant and have not worn a hat to church since I left South Dakota fifty years ago.i am trying not to be churchy but various religions have those archaic ideas about men and women and hats.I believe we honor God just by going to church not by wearing head covers.

Years ago, i heard from my grandmother that a woman's hair is her crowning glory as well as a temptation. A respectable woman should cover her hair and not let out in the open to tempt men. Much more in church where it's a place for holiness and prayer. But nowadays this doesn't seem to be applicable anymore and i don't know any other reason other than that one.

maybe when woman have long hair and get wind blow their hair. it would annoying others. that my thought. :))

First reason why the headcovering should be worn. This is the issue of headship. Paul states that God is the Head of Christ, Christ is the Head of man and man is the head of woman. For this reason, it is proper for the women to cover their heads and for the men to have uncovered heads.

Personally I think some of it might stem from being afraid of discrimination depending on what country a person is from. There are many countries out there that women are encouraged and told to wear a hat when they go out, and to not remove it in public. So churches have to abide by this standard to where it has never been a fact that men are made too unless they are Jewish.

I am not sure why that is. I wander if it is the same thing for a woman to wear a hat at a table to eat? I know men are to remove theirs.

I don't really understand it myself, as I find it to be odd. I suppose men wear hats more then women, and men are encouraged to take their hat off when meeting a new person and shaking their hand, but for church? I don't see that it matters.

On women head is not hat but its called veil and this is required to women to wear inside the church even before. And hat for men inside the church is not allowed. I cannot explain why they are not allow men to wear veil also inside the church just the same? well lets just the women continue to wear veil its for them..

Today there are still religious sects adhere to age old traditions, head covering being one of them. Paul whether he admitted it or not was just as much a victim of local culture and tradition as any other person of his time, just as some of the people in the world today are. If one does the research it can be interesting to see how much local cultures and traditions got mixed into religious beliefs when it pertains to such things as dress, behavior and foods. Given that the time frame in history that most of these traditions came about, it's understandable how most of the 'hide yourself' traditions started, after all, it was a 'man's world'.