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Originally Posted by Arbitres
I think clothing should be respectable -- though it can be used as expressive or intended purposes -- I mostly find short skirts rather pointless.
I also think people should, regardless of age -- be respectful to themselves.
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you find short skirts pointless - that's fine. However, if someone told me I was dressing like a whore and that I wasn't being respectful towards myself because of my choice of clothing, I'd raise an eyeborw at them at best. If I like short skirts, that's my business and no one else's. I don't think it's "whorish", and neither do I understand why someone would think that. I'm not asking anyone to come over and exchange money for sex. Even if I was, that would be
my choice, and I think I can decide for myself what I find humiliating and what I deem empowering.
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It's rather nitpicky really. What constitutes as whorish is really up to the individual. For me it's a combination of excessive make-up, gaudy and revealing clothing... and the immodest attitude. Now it is perspective so do bear with me; but don't feel obligated to - that constitutes as whorish because it is usually the encompassed stereotypes of whores and prostitutes.
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Why should stereotypes decide what I can wear and what not?
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Feel entirely free to oppose what I think.
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Ah, as you wish!
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I simply feel on this kind of thing several things are responsible. The media, the culture, the parents. So on and the such.
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At the same time, our society is telling women that if they wear certain things or behave in a certain way, it's their own fault if someone takes that as an invitation. And
that, in my opinion, is much more appalling.