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There are, of course ,two sides to the argument and I find my self stuck between the two.
On one hand as a modern feminist, the argument that a woman can wear what she wants, when she wants seems most attractive. In the sense that my body is my own and no man or society can determine how I dress. In India there is a lot of taboo in the way women dress. The head should be covered, no skin should be shown... restriction on clothing was actually a means of suppression of women for the better of history. Restriction on clothing can be viewed as a regressive thought. And it's entirely justified because a lot of it is stemmed from the thought process of a chauvinistic society. One can argue that tehzeeb comes from the heart and not from what you wear.
But, there's always a but
There is something called a comfort level and being aware of your surrounding. If someone wears a dress showing cleavage in an office party, i would judge them. There are no two ways about it. Being non-judgmental sounds good on paper but it's the most overrated term because it's impossible. We judge everything we see. And the argument that it's not right to wear something which makes majority of the people surrounding you uncomfortable is also right. I mean I would not wear my mini skirt in front of my mother, because I know I would give her a heart attack and I love my mother. It's not because my mother is suppressing me but because I respect her and her comfort level.
We all have different moral scales. Some may be okay with showing a little bit of skin, still others may be okay with showing a lot of skin and still still others may not be okay with any amount of skin.
~RC
PS- You know while writing this I realised something.. everyone(including my self) here is totally okay with KSG going shirtless with no questions on any morality or anything. Women... 😆
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