Is it right to judge women because of their dress size?
No, it is absolutely unethical, illogical and stupid to judge women because of their dress size or on the basis of their dress size. I do not think that a woman’s clothes or clothing style or skirt length can determine her background or character or social skills. Although, I know people all around us in our society are used to judging girls and women on the basis of the clothes they wear or the way they dress up. Any girl wearing a skirt in a social gathering or even on a casual sunny day is said to be ‘asking for it.’ Even a girl or a woman wearing a cropped top on top of a pair of jeans is said to be ‘asking for it.’ The irony is, any woman wearing a saree with a blouse length shorter than that of a crop top cannot be ‘asking for it;’ obviously right? As she is wearing Indian attire, how can she be ‘asking for it?’
In our society everyone is busy judging and passing comments on women. Every female is judged and the ones not wearing Indian attires or not behaving like they are fragile or weak or introverts, are said to be ‘asking for it’ as in asking for some sexual attention from anyone and everyone around them. According to the society, every girl who is seen drinking or smoking is ‘asking for it.’ In various crimes against women, men have reportedly given statements that said that they raped or charged on the victims because they were wearing short skirts and hence they were ‘asking for it.’ Why do they not understand that literally nothing means that a girl is ‘asking for it,’ because if she wanted to, she could have asked you! Why does the society not judge men who roam around with their first few buttons of the shirt open? Why does the society not pass judgment on men that do not even wear shirts in public? Why does the society not think that men who wear shorts in public are characterless? It is clear, that the society is gender biased and looks for weapons to use against women all the time, hence judging their characters based on their clothes. It is high time we not only ‘acted’ literate, but also ‘behaved’ literate and not trapped our minds in these narrow-minded, stereo-typical, misogynistic thoughts. It is high time that we understood that no woman is ‘asking for it!’
A woman myself,
Shubhangini Shaktawat