Ah This question, upon reading it for the first time I became annoyed, frustrated and defensive. So many thoughts were running through my head. It is such a huge controversial question. How do I even begin to answer it!
The amount of pressure put on both women and men today to look and act a certain way is huge, especially in western society. Both the media and the fashion industry have a lot of control over how some people choose to dress. Within the music industry today, especially within pop culture it is very normal to see artists wear provocative clothing. It is more about how you look that the actual talent you have. Pop stars are mostly manufactured, so that they can bring in a lot of money for the music industry. Those artists are also seen as role models for some. How many people would like to have the life of a music Star, to be rich and successful. This is what being rich and successful is being portrayed as, getting where you are by how you look. This is the message being put out there.
In the fashion industry it is normal to see items of clothing that are quite revealing or provocative. The fashion industry is part of elite society, clothes are being created for massive amounts of money and owning certain brands are seen as a sign of wealth and success. Then these brands are being copied so that most people can afford them, so that most people can dress like those who are wealthy and successful. Isn't that we have been told to strive for, to strive to be successful and wealthy. Isn't that living the dream. So if we haven't achieved that, would we not want to at least experience a part of it.
From a young age we are being raised to conform, to listen to others, to follow orders, to follow rules. We are then expected to go out into the world and become successful and to achieve our dream life. But that dream life for many is something that they have been told. Being bombarded with images of what success looks like, of how to achieve, how to be happy. Living lives where some rely completely on others to tell them what they need to be happy. That are happy to follow what is in fashion, what is being promoted and advertised. They are happy to follow.
So when women wear provocative clothes are they just following fashion or trying to make a statement?. Are they choosing to dress that way or giving in to the pressure from the media, are they being manipulated by those industries that benefit greatly from the clothes they wear?
What is deemed provocative anyway?
Is there a time and a place to wear certain clothes.
Whose business is it anyway, about what we decide to wear. Should we be going around telling others how to dress. I really do not like to tell other people what to do. To be honest it is none of my business. But I do see a huge connection with how the media portrays women and how some women are dressing today. I do not like how the media portrays women. I can not relate to that image at all. I do not like make up for many different reasons and I do not like the clothes that they wear. I do not like the way that successful women are being judged by how they look and are being torn to pieces if they are not 'turned out well'. So much energy and money being pumped into something so superficial. Yet this is the norm, this seems to be accepted as the norm. So many women following what they are told is the Norm.
We are living under patriarchal rule, were women are still seen as objects for some. Where there is still this urge to keep them in their place. Women who are successful can make some men feel uncomfortable. We are living in a time where manipulation and dominance are strife. Women are put down constantly, their power is constantly under threat. Even in this day and age where we are being lied to, being told that women and men are more equal than ever.
Why is there, this need to make such a huge issue about gender?
Why is there this huge need to cause even further segregation between the sexes?
Who benefits from us being a divided people?
But back to the question, Are women who dress provocatively responsible for unwanted attention, or should men learn to control themselves?
Some people dress certain ways for attention I can't deny that, that goes for both male and female. But if something is unwanted then that is completely different. No matter what way you dress, no one should have to put up with unwanted attention. It is not about how you dress ,it is about the actions, the behaviour, the language used that tells us if somebody wants something or expects something. You do not act unless you are asked. It is called consent. In my eyes there is no exception to this. Are men not mature enough to know the difference, is that not an insult to their intelligence to assume otherwise.
What Do You Think?
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