For girls- Why crop tops r seen as vulgar wen saree is seen as decent?

Both d types of clothes show same or little more or little less amount of belly skin but saree is seen as decent just because its an Indian outfit while crop top is seen as vulgar for being a western outfit. Women wearing sarees will never be questioned but women wearing crop tops will be stared as if they are wearing a bikini. Wat u all think of dis? Edited by angel_juhi04 - 7 years ago

I have myself experienced it in my school. For a cultural event we were not allowed to wear short tops..they were not even crop tops.. because it showed our waist a little bit during our dance movements and on the other hand the teacher made it a compulsion for us to either wear long tops which covered your back completely or just withdraw your names from the event.

I too think so. I would never wear any sarees or cropped tops. Both are same to me.

This is one point which comes to my mind.

In tribal societies, women move around with no covering of their boobs. No comments on them and no one sees that as vulgar. But in a college or in the office, certainly a woman wearing a crop top is noticed and she could even be warned. But a woman wearing a saree is not warned. Why could it be so? In tribal societies, everyone has the same dress. When no one covers up, everyone is the same. No one makes a conspicuous presence. And so no one is being commented. Saree also happens to be the traditional dress in India and men are used to seeing their own mother wearing saree. So women wearing saree are not commented. The crop top dress really makes a woman conspicuous as we have other suites which fully cover a woman and most women would come to office or college with fully covered suites which are more convenient also than the sarees. As the crop top is seen in a conspicuous way in the male dominated society, women are being commented when they wear this type of dress. We can't say what the society does isn't all perfect. Only those persons who follow God's laws can break the norms of the society as they give importance to God's purpose.

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Edited by life_is_fun - 7 years ago

It's just a norm for judgemental people and society. It has nothing to do with logic. A generation ago, salwars suits were considered indecent because that was different from the norm. There is nothing logical about the whole thing

Sarees are way too conservative and cover most significant parts of the body. Crop tops are meant to show off the body.. So not sure where is the parallel. Sarrees looks decent. whereas crop tops dont look indecent.. they are meant to be what they are.. expose the mid-riff. and based on style either plunging neck lines.. or in general show off more skin!!.. and i am not calling them bad.. at all..its the comparison thats out of whack

Most crop tops in India I mean 70-80 percent crop tops show only 1-2 inches of belly while sarees at least show 6-7 inches of belly but still crop tops r seen as vulgar. 

Originally posted by: angel_juhi04

Most crop tops in India I mean 70-80 percent crop tops show only 1-2 inches of belly while sarees at least show 6-7 inches of belly but still crop tops r seen as vulgar. 

exactly.. nowadays saris are see-through and don't even have a proper blouse it's more like a bra only.. It does look good though 

All in cultural perceptions.