My personal experience is that many women who do not cover believe it would be giving in to a "spirit of legalism" to do so. They would feel the same way I would to use incense as a symbol of prayers going up to God, or candles or icons. It is a creepy outdated ritual they want no part of. I happen to disagree and think it is eternal for the New Covenant church, but I would never push it on anybody after what I've been through.
My hub has been over this in the Greek a few dozen times with interested folks who asked. Everybody conceeds that it appears to be biblical when they see the interlinear, but they don't want to force it on their wife, or if a woman, don't want to cause division, be like the old Catholics, draw attention to themself, etc etc etc. There is always some reason not to. You have to pick your hills to die on, and this isn't one of mine. I'll alienate every career woman on earth who leaves babies 50 hrs a week and does not need the money, that she should be home with babies, but coverings I keep my mouth shut on.
My hub has been over this in the Greek a few dozen times with interested folks who asked. Everybody conceeds that it appears to be biblical when they see the interlinear, but they don't want to force it on their wife, or if a woman, don't want to cause division, be like the old Catholics, draw attention to themself, etc etc etc. There is always some reason not to. You have to pick your hills to die on, and this isn't one of mine. I'll alienate every career woman on earth who leaves babies 50 hrs a week and does not need the money, that she should be home with babies, but coverings I keep my mouth shut on.