Does covering your face with a veil at all times enhance your dignity or lower it?

Dennis, these women have been conditioned to understand that without a complete covering, they will be molested by the probing gaze of sexual perverts, i.e. the standard male in her town.

The veil protects her from being invaded, intruded upon, or visually molested. To her, it means she's a precious flower, too valuable in the sight of her husband or family to allow the rest of the world to crush.