Western Influence in Womens Attire

Where is the need for law to come in in deciding how much cloth must remain with the tailor. It is individual's choice how much to buy, use or discard, of course till the point, it is not making a scene of self.

Of course "Respect" is not a commodity available on-shelf for sale, it certainly requires to be earned while it is our conduct that provides the opportunity.

Dress, attire, behavior, sense of responsibility etc.... conduct us towards achieving, in normal circumstances.

Of course a naked person in a private car stands better chances to get away unnoticed  compared to a pedestrian or cyclist.   

WHY ONLY WOMEN???

Attire is not the Devil. The Devil resides in the minds of evil doers.

At the same time a dress code for work needs to be specified for all employees regardless of gender.

Respect it not paid to an attire but to a person. What has happened in the recent past is that while we claim to have a rich cultural past, we have become too materialistic and have forgotten how to respect our seniors, peers and women.

The Correct termanology would be " Law Should Not be enforced to the Attire of the Women".... I believe women should be independent to choose whatever they wear, because that is freedom of thought. Also it is your thought that makes you different not some so called western influence.... in west their may be "Playboy" but the playmates are still respected part of the society. The barrier in our society is the way we have evloved! why should a Women be punished for her attire? but not the tormentor be punished for his/her torment?...... Believe me even if you have covered a Women from top to bottom but still the one who has an eye for blood never leaves a drop of it..... so if you want to change something, change your POINT OF VIEW... thats why its said that charity begins at home.....

I agree with all of Meenal's propositions...., but atrocities n awkwardness and affliction caused to women is not the only result of the so called COOL DUDEs ! there is a certain category of "gimme a GAZE" lasses or women or somewhat seeking ones in every sector and field who all let their nails fall making rest of other women given with goodness and grace stretch with atrocities. At times, the situation is like that of someone breaking someone else's window with a crickect ball and the other one made a scapegoat. let me please be clear that i am not demeaning women, we have them at home we respect, look and live upto but we just can not sideline men and a bunch of them as COOL DUDEs pelting Atrocities on women. the only unhappy lot is the majority is found among males and majorly that is from where most of the Atrocities hail !!!!

If we see the response for this topic, within 3 days, we have received360 referralsand 99 views.  So this is a hot topic.  I think we should consider concluding this debate as quickly.  A law on how women dress is impossible.  Let us not discuss it any more.  When it comes to dress code, we have come across many institutions imposing it already.  We even stipulate dress code for parties, events etc.  Corporates have a dress code too.  So wherever possible, it is being imposed.  In a public place, however, no such code can be imposed.  If we consider that the topic was for a voluntary code and if this debate has to influence people to follow a code themselves or not, I think they have lot of material to choose from and decide.

Please remember what I have stated in my earlier response.  The future generation will show.   They will demonstrate that they dont care.  And they are a majority.  There is one very important guideline for a youngster.  He could start networking and build contact right from his school/college days.  This helps him/her in future.  A youngster can develop his/her own personality but making him/her conservative in dress is like depriving him/her of the networking capability.  If the youngster is isolated, and finds himself/herself fish out of water, (please remember that the other side is a majority), his/her development and growth potential may get hampered.  My suggestion is that we could encourage our youngsters to be romans while in rome!!

Mr. Nagarajan,

Why do we blame women and their attire for atrocities?? Is it that we men are so weak that a little skin show and we just lose control on ourselves?? Why blame it on women when we are weak to the extent of being so easily enticed??

enforcing laws in attire is going to the extent of admitting that we are not men enough to accept the fact that women are a beautiful species who is capable of giving life another generation to live! Why cant we respect that and look at women a little more respectfully??

We are not a weak species so please avoid words like rape, atrocity etc because we are the ones who inflict such gruesome pain on women!! Its so lame....

I would beg to differ on this point coz I don't feel, if there is a dress code for women, there will be less atrocities.

Even if women wear a decent dress, they are not spared of the comments or eve teasing from so called 'COOL DUDES'... Atrocities happen not because of kind of attire a women wears, they happen coz of mentality men have towards women...If they can't stop themselves, they should be abide by law and not women...

Why the debate? Beauty lies in the eye of the beholden! Live and let live! control your emotions.... :)

no law for attire of a man or woman ::::

a king was passing by completely  naked:::  every body was singing hymns in the praise of king::

a little kid told his dad :: hey dad  the king is naked ::: the king overheard :: the kid was put to death::

moral  :  hamam mein hum sab nange hain ::

but it's better to keep our mouth shut.

In a democratic country like India, it would seem ridiculous to enforce a law to enforce a dress code for women. After all, there has to be some difference between us and the Taliban. At the same time, it is the women who themselves have to be conscious of the effect their dress may have on men. The dresses worn by women should be decided by the occasion and place where it is being worn. Whereas women have a right to decide what they want to wear, wearing revealing or skimpy dresses can be an invitation to male lust. Though there is no justification to the laschiviousness of men, one cannot ignore that men are inherently lecherous creatures who are tamed by upbriging, education and the environement. Nonetheless, the basic instincts cannot be changed and any woman who chooses to ignore this fact does this at her own risk.

I dont think attire will make much difference in Indian culture--as long as it does not cross a feel good factor level.

Well--I strongly feel I am very selfish when my country--my culture and my people comes--They are always first.

We will have to save our things at any cost--but western attaire is ok--I will luv if I see african influence too.LOL.

Crime is crime--in whatever form it is--against who ever it is--They should be crushed.

Any ways--I understand people started deviating from post independence concept of hating westerners BUT I still hate that western things will influence us(Sorry--cant help it--I really hate them badly).

At the same time--I hate those roadside criminals who disturb women and blame them for their attaire.

Whoever will do crime against women should be punished strongly setting example each time--Someone's attaire does not give them licence to kill them or disturb them.

Once again--I hate westerners very badly--want to beat them on every ground--will be happy to see them loosing on attaire ground too--LOL.

I don't think there should be a law on Women's attire. However, certain sections of India has grown accustomed to their cultures and beliefs that westernised attire appear to be a crime. 

With no offence to anyone I will tell you about my experience in India...I had no idea what kind of clothing I had to wear,I arrived in India in the wee hours of the morning, so in the morning (sunday) I wore a short pants and a sleeveless top for breakfast and never forgot the stare I got. Another day I went to a dinner and had to wear a coat over my evening gown. 

Thanks for the referral Yogendra.

No Law can be enforsed for what to wear ..

We live in a democratic country, we have the constitutional right of Freedom of Expression ...

I strongly believe in the fact that any civilised society; gives unchallenged right to every individual to make choice. Whether the choice is about religion, faith, occupation / profession, lifepartner..... And every democracy has given basic fundamental constitutional right to each individual to do the same.

The only boundary that we can see in this is the socio-cultural background of the individual. How much comfortable she is; in wearing the kind of attire she chooses, the cultural and social settings where in she operates. Its about group norms. Also, its about how you carry your self, what kind of body Language you present by wearing the western outfit. Its all in the mind.

today if someone says we need law to restrict; what women should wear ? should wake up; the  medieval times are gone. Today women are as powerful as men in every sphere of life. Or even more stronger than ever before.

Ultimately what makes them feel confident and comfortable its their choice whether traditional / western.

I don't think there is a need for such a law..

Enforcing a law in a democratic country like India is similarly to writing 2 or 3 line or a para in a 2000 pages book. It is easy to create a law, but its implement is somewhat next to the impossible in a billion people country like India.

You cannot enforce any law in the individuals mind setup.

Forming a law to the attire of the Women will be beneficial for politicians and beuraucrats. It can be a point for debate or a vote gaining concept for politicians only, but I do not think that it will at all help Womens.

As said that "Law cannot be enforced to the attire of the women" This is very true in both the categories (Men or Women) nobody can bother to any individual to wear any specific attire however the person should know what to bear at what time.

There is an example... it happened in Delhi. There was a lady wearing some uneasy attire walking in street at 2.00 AM once the cops ask her about the security & advised not to walk alone in late night. She got angry because she was the daughter of a General Secretary & the cops got transferred.

The Moral of the story is that “You cannt help” it depends on individual to individual.

There should not be any law however individual should be conscious what should be wear at what time.

"I never expected to see the day when girls would get sunburned in the places they now do."  - Will Rogers 

What may be right for one may be wrong to the other - but as long as one persons' right is not causing any direct harm to another person - the policy of acceptance needs to be followed. Actually - That sounds quite vague. 

Well, in straight terms what a woman wears is her Business.

Do we need a law to decide what one should wear or not wear.By the way which way are we going - at this rate pretty soon we will land on Aurangazebs door step. 

People who talk about Indian culture being not this or not that dont know what Indian Culture is about. Or, they are considering the situation existing in India in the the 18th Century- which in itself was the result of heavy Victorian / Moghul Influence, as  a Benchmark of Indian Culture. 

At various points in our History we have been influenced by the prevalent mores of that period. The uniqueness of Indian Culture is that it is so open. We accept external influences and we have survived , thrived on these influences and excelled. 

Now , cut to the present - there is an anti Western Influence - mindset which is spreading. Perfectly fine , one tends to get bored and anyway Western influence is slowly giving way to the Oriental influence - if one goes by the latest attires that are shown in some Western Fashion events.

We are talking about waxing and waning of influences - but requiring the highest authorities in India to sit and discuss on what dress a woman should wear - reeks of a different kind of Influence. The Religio - Clerical influence. the kind of influence that we see growing in amongst our Near Neighbours. 

Who wants that? 

 I really beleive that the Dignitories who had made the consitution had enough foresight to overlook such petty preferences of the individuals. guess the Indian Constituation 

The very first question which arose in my mind was "How will this type of law help in minimizing the problems women face in India?; Will this help in minimizing eve teasing, rape cases, female trafficking etc?"

The answer is big NO...then why enforcing such a law in a democratic country like India and why taking away the freedom of Indian women to chose what they want to wear...

We are living in a democratic country and how can we talk about stealing the right of decision of women. On one hand we are talking about women liberalisation and trying to pose the world how broad minded we Indians are and on the other hand we are trying to oppose the women's attire in todays growing corporate culture. The women has their own rights and we dont have any right to oppose their decisions.\

In today's world women are far ahead than men in the all fields, so why men are trying to suppress the women community by attacking them on these silly issues. These are some issues raised by the men who are afraid of the success of women

Instead of forcing them back, try and compete with this fair sex through your performance and ability.

I agree.... Totally!!!

I agree..........but I feel the society in which we r living is yet not ready or matured enough to feel comfortable to see almost nude girls/women........once the society is get matured mentally to feel comfortable to see nude men/women there is no problem in wearing or not wearing cloth till that we must we guided by the society to avoid unnecessary problems.........