It’s no hidden fact that women love to dress up. Our entire
lives revolve around that one word – shopping. We may or may not be very
fashionable, but we love to buy new clothes and flaunt them.
Whom do we dress for is a question that can have multiple answers. If one said she dressed for herself, you should probably look for the
pajama she wears at home. If she has worn it for more than 6 months, then
probably she doesn’t dress-up for herself. You know, because then her pajamas
should be shiny as well.
If she says she dresses up for her partner, she would have
an extensive lingerie collection as well. Now, of course, these generalizations
are just, well, generalizations and are subject to standard deviations. The
most common answer that you’ll hear is that we dress up to look good. Look good
to whom? – One may ask. Well, to look good to other women.
How else can you explain the dressing up for Kitty parties?
Women buy one new dress after the other bearing in mind that kitty party she
has to go to the next month. They think of the coffee mornings, the girl’s
night out and the Mommy meets before deciding on what to buy. We don’t want to
impress other women, we just want to make them jealous. And somehow, we feel,
wearing better clothes is one of the subtle ways to do that.
Women in Saudi Arabia wear abayas in public. But when they
are at a party (which usually segregates men and women), they take off their
abayas and show-off what they are wearing underneath it. I have heard that they
are the most fashionable people in the whole world. If they dolled up for
themselves or other men, they would probably never take off their abayas or
probably wear basic, simple clothes. But because we dress up to look good, they
go an extra mile to buy the most chic clothes available.
I still don’t know any woman who dresses to impress other
men. I mean, do men even look at clothes? I assume they have wild imagination
and if they want, they can even look underneath an abaya. Of course, most civilized
men won’t do that.
This brings me to the whole cleavage controversy between Times of India and Deepika Padukone. If Deepika or any other woman wants to show-off her
cleavage in REEL or REAL life, how does it matter? By pointing arrows on her
assets, whom are you trying to titilize? Sure, you got a scandalous story on
your site, but doesn’t that bother you that an educated lot like you has become like another road-side gunda?
What women wear has been under scrutiny for ages. Most
people say women should dress up modestly to keep themselves safe. Tell me, if men had such little self-control,
would there be any nude beaches? Or rather, would there be any beaches at all?
How would have cave men got any work done when they have had so many free-shows
around them!?
If a woman wants to flirt with you, trust me, you would
know. She doesn’t have to tighten her skirt or deepen her blouse to attract
attention. We dress-up because we just LOVE to dress-up. You’re probably
jealous because you just have that blue shirt and black pant. Pray you become a
woman in your next life, because it is only then you will understand why we
wear what we wear.
It is unfortunate that this article in TOI is by a woman herself. I really have no words to describe how ridiculous it all sounds. If the newspaper had apologized, it could have become like a ray of hope in our country. A response like this one is unbelievably regressive and makes me hate the newspaper and the journalism behind it.
1. "How would have cave men got any work done when they have had so many free-shows around them!?" ROFL !!!
ReplyDelete2. "You’re probably jealous because you just have that blue shirt and black pant."
I just want to hug you just for these two lines... you Nailed it!!!
Haha.. thankyouuu!! The world would have seriously been a better place if there were no clothes at all!! Imagine the money we would have saved to travel!!!
DeleteWhat was more funny was Shobha De saying that deepika's cleavage is as important as SRK's 8 packs. What a bloody comparison.
ReplyDeleteAnyway it is sad that men believe that our dressing has anything to do with their approval.
We do and wear whatever we want.
Even women believe that they have a right and responsibility to approve fellow women's choice of cloths.
Delete@Makk: It is not wrong when they say that women are their own enemy. But when it comes to clothes, the way we look is very different from how some men look. As I said before, these statements don't hold true for everyone. Civil men don't indulge in this kind of drooling.
Delete@Red: True. We don't objectify the way men do and so, the 8 pack comparison doesn't make sense at all.
Delete"You’re probably jealous because you just have that blue shirt and black pant." - Spot on! I know some women too who fall in this category.
ReplyDeleteThis was such a depressing article, I can't believe that it is still making news.
Haha..yes, lots of women judge as well. But the way they see it doesn't really matter. It is when they treat us like a sexual object, that's what makes our blood boil.
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