Women And What They Wear

I once saw a post in facebook that goes like “Ayaw mabastos, ang ikli ng suot”, translated to English it means, “Does not want to be disrespected but wears skimpy outfits”. I think we can all agree that this is directed to a girl right? I have heard enough of this to know for sure that even though there wasn’t anything in the said post indicating that it was a girl this was being said to, that the person who posted this was in fact referring to a girl wearing something skimpy. Now let us dissect this post and try to really understand what it means. A woman wearing something skimpy and revealing is asking for it, that is what this post basically means.

Men take off their clothes outside, mainly their shirts, without being told that they are too revealing and are asking for it. So basically, with women, when we wear something a bit more revealing or that it’s shorter or low-cut we are asking for it? That is like the most effed up thing ever. What this post is actually saying is that when a woman wears a short something that she is basically asking for perverted people to leer on her, catcall her and stare at her, is that it? Can’t a woman just wear something short because it is so humid and hot that it is much more comfortable to wear something shorter? No person has the right to assume that someone is asking for it simply because of what they are wearing.

I mean I do understand that people have eyes and we can’t all prevent them to not look or judge women based solely on what they wear. But come on, this was posted by a guy who is my age and who I know has gone to college and studied and had proper education. Do men today still think like this? I know this is turning somewhat into a rant but I just find it difficult to accept that men nowadays still think like this. We are living in the 21^st century, where men and women have equal rights, and some people still want to believe that a woman is asking for it when she wears skimpy clothes? Unbelievable!