my thoughts

This whole issue of indecent dressing is gaining too much grounds in the country,come to think of it who determines what is decent?who is decent?Nobody has set dressing standards in Ghana.we have to try as much as possible to get rid of our individual moral backgrounds in order to argue intellectually,if not all may come on board with their moral beliefs and since we believe in differnt moral standards whose version will be universally accepted.

Meanwhile, the so called exposing of the body we claim was copied fom the western world originated from africa.Most of us have witnessed how africans used to dress in the olden days.they wore just a piece of cloth to cover from their private part downwards, while their chest were left uncovered.when things were a bit modernised, they tied a small piece of cloth just enough to cover only the breast in the womens case.

However, the whites were the people wearing the heavy clothing we now refer to as decent drssses.over the years of coloniliztion,the white started copying our way of dressing and developed it to fit their lifstyles and now we have re- embraced what our forefathers wore and we claim the adopted dressing code of the whites are the decent ones.

we are in a democratic country and threrfore we have the right to freedom of expression not only in speaking form but in communicationin general.since communication goes beyond speaking it is only natural for one to feel free to express his/her self.afterall our individual peferences allows us to choose from a lot which we are entitled to.UNTILL THERE IS A LAW AGAINST ANY KIND OF DRESS CODE. NOBODY HAS THE RIGTH TO HUMILIATE ANYBODY IN THE NAME OF INDECENT DRESSING IN MY OPINION.

THE AGENDER SETTING ROLE OF THE MEDIA AND THE PUBLIC AGENDA SETTING

The media being the gate keepers of the country determines what should be debated among the pulic and what should be deemed as important.this is done through the use of screamy headlines and banner head lines to sustain and stimulate the public's interest.this is known as the agenda setting of the media.


Meanwhile the public have their own agenda yet much prominence is not given to it.hencce the media goes to search for te information from the public.The question is do they go for the information from the right source?tghey may end up fishing for information from the rich and migthy in the society.the ghanaian media is such a way that if you are not prominent or important you may not be covere in newstories.for instance ,hardly will one hear news about the islmic countries donating money or supporting agood cause.Does that wean they only interested in wars since that is what some us have been made to believe.