This is what a girl told me... she said...and i quote to the best of my remembrance:
"The scarf is used to cover up so that men don't see your beauty ... a way to detract them..right?. But for me, whenever i wear it, all Muslim men flock 2me they notice that am Muslim and they try and chat me up. Whereas if i don't, they don't see me as a Muslim but rather a non-Muslim and as a result they don't give me a second look."