This veil saves her soul from weakness, her mind from indulgence, her eyes from lustful looks, and her personality from demoralization. Islam says that God decides what is fair and just. He knows best what is good for woman and what is good for man. There is a lot of pressure to keep safe the honor of families and respectability of women, so there are a lot of times where mixing of the sexes is not allowed. In places like Cairo in Egypt, where it is very crowded, voluntary choices of separation are made.
Public education is usually sex-segregated at elementary and secondary levels.
There are male and female teachers at both levels, however the teaching of younger children usually is by females. At the university, students mix, but outside of university, it is much more conservative. Weddings are one of the few social events where young men and women can meet socially, talk, mildly flirt and sometimes dance even though it must be under the eyes of watchful adults. Because of this, weddings are very popular events and tend to be very large social affairs. Male-female dating is forbidden.