IH-1
"It's wrong."
"Who are we to pass on that judgement?"
"There is something called culture, shame, Indian values."
"Indians have always prided themselves with spritual advancement(well.... whatever that is). So why look at what the girls are wearing? How does physical display cheapen anything?"
"But it's wrong."
So it went, the talk between my conservative cousin, his conservative wife and myself. Well, nothing is more wrong than having some opinionated views. What had happened was that they, while I was taking them around the town on their visit to my place, saw a girl in a micro skirt with a transparent top. And like bullet they went on how the moral standards have corrupted. Now perhaps that was a sleazy outfit. Fine. But if a girl is comfortable wearing it and carrying it off, in a pub, I do not see, how or why can someone have a problem with that. I mean, isn't it hypocritic that while on one side, Indians say, physical sufferings, attractions are parts of what is called MAAYA and on the other hand the moral priests of the society come down hard, (strictly in an asexual way) on people (read girls), who wear the mini's and the micros? Recently there was a rape in a very safe (for women) city, Mumbai of a girl by a police constable. And a political party argued that the girl made a case for it by wearing revealing clothes. JESUS CHRIST. have the not heard of the word called VIOLATION? Did the girl say, "Rape me."? How dumb can it get! Actually how disgusting. And the bad part of it was that almost half the population of Mumbai, that took up a suvery, supported the view. Any guesses on the worst part? Well, there were women too who agreed with that view. I think I should start a series on Indian Hypocrisy. Yeah that's a good idea(Let others decide it ...Anoop ;) ). I am not saying there aren't any hypocrites in other parts of the world, in other countries. But why not start at home?
So treat this as IH-1.
"Who are we to pass on that judgement?"
"There is something called culture, shame, Indian values."
"Indians have always prided themselves with spritual advancement(well.... whatever that is). So why look at what the girls are wearing? How does physical display cheapen anything?"
"But it's wrong."
So it went, the talk between my conservative cousin, his conservative wife and myself. Well, nothing is more wrong than having some opinionated views. What had happened was that they, while I was taking them around the town on their visit to my place, saw a girl in a micro skirt with a transparent top. And like bullet they went on how the moral standards have corrupted. Now perhaps that was a sleazy outfit. Fine. But if a girl is comfortable wearing it and carrying it off, in a pub, I do not see, how or why can someone have a problem with that. I mean, isn't it hypocritic that while on one side, Indians say, physical sufferings, attractions are parts of what is called MAAYA and on the other hand the moral priests of the society come down hard, (strictly in an asexual way) on people (read girls), who wear the mini's and the micros? Recently there was a rape in a very safe (for women) city, Mumbai of a girl by a police constable. And a political party argued that the girl made a case for it by wearing revealing clothes. JESUS CHRIST. have the not heard of the word called VIOLATION? Did the girl say, "Rape me."? How dumb can it get! Actually how disgusting. And the bad part of it was that almost half the population of Mumbai, that took up a suvery, supported the view. Any guesses on the worst part? Well, there were women too who agreed with that view. I think I should start a series on Indian Hypocrisy. Yeah that's a good idea(Let others decide it ...Anoop ;) ). I am not saying there aren't any hypocrites in other parts of the world, in other countries. But why not start at home?
So treat this as IH-1.
posted by F-ftOS at 8:26 AM
2 Comments:
Rape happens to old, old women in their homes. To little girls. To women who are covered from head to toe.
It is an act of violence. When the bandits were unleashed in my country for 15 months some women were raped.
It can also be an act of race hate.
I get so angry when people blame it on a woman's clothing.
Precisement.
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