“Anyone who says a married woman can leave her hair uncovered is a rasha.” Wow, here’s a great example of what I meant before. I didn’t think it would happen so quickly. Joseph, you are pontificating about how a Jew should lead his life. I think we should look into your background and see how observant you really are, because maybe you go against Orthodoxy, in which case it would not be appropriate for you to be saying these things!
Seriously, though, why was that last sentence necessary? You could have just quoted the mekorot and that would have been fine, but no, you had to tack on an insult to everyone who disagrees with you.
Both R’ Yehoshua Babad and R’ J.B. Hurewitz both stated that in a society where hair is not generally considered sexually exciting, there is no problem for married women to go about with uncovered hair. In places where the general practice is to cover the hair, then the sight of uncovered hair is unusual and exciting. However, in a place where most women do not cover their hair, it is not necessary to do so.
The Talmud says that a man cannot use a mirror since it falls under the category of beged isha. However, the Rama comments that in a time when it is common for men to use mirrors, there is no violation of halacha if men want to use them. Can we not apply the same logic to hair covering?