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.
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A reasoned and thought about presentation here. It is objective and independent and should promote readers to begin to think dispassionately on the issue. Remember, what we call traditionally dresses were once frowned upon by the older generation. Whatever is indecent dressing should be well defined and compared to what was way back. How many of us believe people in the 1920s dressed better than and covered themselves better. We decry foreign imposition of culture but we in the same breath ask that we cover our so-called modest. Is it a blind copy of foreign culture? Whatever is indecent about a woman showing a certain part of her body or a man exposing his chest in public? I think people need to do some critical thinking to understand issues involved. Who does the exposition threaten? Who makes the most noise etc?
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