If you truly understood the power women have when it comes to using their outer appearance to get what they want, or to live life in a different reality you wouldn't agree with the statement that women covering and women who don't cover are the same, nor would you even try and look at the nuance of character in this situation
For the men who don't understand think about it like this, a 6 foot man walks into a room vs a man who is 5 foot 5, or a man who is in shape walks into a room vs a man who isn't, a man who is rich walks into a room vs a man who is poor.
For a woman she can have acsess to pretty much anything she wants, any man she wants if she looks good, she can get into many places etc just by looking pretty, she can be in danger in her own way due to her level of attractiveness being used against her (assault) but the same applies with covered women in this situation in terms of danger that boilds down to our biological disadvantage, that and a plethora of other things.
When you try and cope using your own insecurities to try and turn a blind eye to reality it never goes down well, women who cover live life in a very different way, we choose not to have these because we know what it comes with, being looked at with lust, being undressed by every man you walk past, having the doors of zina open in every room you walk into (yes it can happen to us too but let's not try and pretend that it's not 99% more likely to happen to our sisters who uncover)
If you knew the minds of men and what women who uncover signal you'd think twice about putting us both in the same bracket,
Trying to say Hijabis/Niqabis and women who don't observe either are the same is beyond me.
We risk our lives in areas of the West by practicing outwardly, we break our own nafs and some of us stay away from tabarujj despite our want to look pretty, we keep it for a select few not for the world to gawk and lust over our appearance for His sake.
Look at theory of the male gaze before you try and cope about us being the same.
Character is nuanced, heavily, we're all sinners, but the strength it takes to wear hijab/niqab properly isn't something those who don't wear it will ever understand.
Women use their sexuality, the way they look, how they speak, how they present to live certain parts of life on easy mode.
When you strip her from that and then cover her in the areas we live in, tell me how you think she is perceived?
She doesn't have these cheat codes, she is who she is with just her character and her mannerisms to speak for her.
Our sins don't strip us from preforming our obligations, and for the men who are trying to agree with the idea that we're the same, have your wife dress how she wants, walk with her on the streets for the masses to observe so tney mentally strip down and undress what you should only have access to.
Hits a nerve like an air strike, doesn't it?