Question 6: What does Paul want women to do? Wear coverings for headship, creation order, and universal custom

Paul wants women to wear cloth coverings when praying/prophesying (at minimum). The covering was ceremonial, not meant to hide women. Three reasons Paul gives: (1) male headship (v.3), (2) creation order and purpose (vv.8-9), (3) universal church custom (v.16). The head covering was about modesty and gender roles, not distractions or lust (neither mentioned in the text). Verse 3 uses the singular ('the man is the head of a woman'), implying marriage as primary context but with broader implications.