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OK...I agree people can wear what they want and your clothes do not reflect your tahezeeb, but seriously, no self-respecting ADULT WOMAN even in the US or UK wears a skirt that short as Zoya did on QH! And when they do, people here do not approve of it. Shorts or a skort are a different matter, but not a skirt that seriously is the length of handkerchief. I have never seen any of my non-Muslim friends wear a skirt THAT short in public. If you showed up at work or school, you would receive a warning at work or be sent home from school. It is actually considered very "hoochie-mamaish" and trashy here - every talk show that does make-overs in the US has fashion experts not recommending this length of a skirt as appropriate or flattering. Women who do dress like this are your Black and Hispanic women from the ghetto - meaning lower class areas. I feel there is HUGE misconception of what is considered acceptable here in the in the west regarding dress. Rule of thumb, if you cannot bend over in the skirt without your butt being exposed, don't wear it.
Unless she plans on wearing the skirt or that length of skirt to play tennis or ice-skate, that is not what people wear in public and if a female member in my family dressed that way, I'd say something, so Asad getting worked up actually gets support even from women in the west.
Having worked and lived in the "ghetto areas of town" my comment is not meant to be racist but a viewpoint on my observations and my interactions with the black and hispanic members of the community. Some might consider this racist but it is a reflection of my observations. It might stereotypical but in no-way was intended to be racist. I have a number of Black and Hispanic friends who would support this claim as they themselves have had to educate me on what is sometimes considered as acceptable to standards of dress for certain communities. Yes, white women and other people do dress this way, and they too are often not women who are again considered those of a middle or higher social class. How come we do not see this worn by the President's wife or the future Queen's of England even casually? No..as this length of skirt is not considered appropriate in public.
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I took Zoya's picture to work and asked several office staff of different ages and ethnic groups. The skirts was viewed as too short and inapprorpiate to wear during the day even for a woman in her early 20s. Some said "O my God" to the length, while others were so mortified they were like "hell no." Others said it was indeed very hoochie mamaish as I mentioned. And basically all agreed that the women who chose to dress this way during the day were not exactly exhibiting much self-respect. The only place the skirt should be worn was in a club.
I also wish to add, that some people might not be happy with the term "self-respecting adult woman" and I emphasis the term adult woman as Surbhi is an adult and the skirt is not considered appropriate on an adult working woman. Zoya is not a young teenager but a mature woman. If people are offended with the term, my apologizes but the word is used to emphasize that this type of dress on a woman will convey to others a lack of disrespect.
Please note: Because of Vijay's new rule, I cannot post at all. This was a lucky by chance moment for me.
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