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We Don't Need No Moral Preachers! #rippedjeans

Dear Average Indian Men,  Another warning issued to women from one of your tribe:  "Don't wear ripped jeans or society will be destroyed!" Wow, such high thinking levels. It truly meets the lofty standards set by MCPs throughout ages. See the similarities with the 19th century Victorians who forced women to wear uncomfortable corsets and keep their voice low? Or even better, with the Sheikhs who kept their women in purdah and flogged them for trespasses? Closer home, maybe similar to the village patriarchs who insist that women keep ghunghat drawn over their heads and faces. And issue death warrants when a girl marries someone of her own choice. Everyone worth his dhoti or lungi or trousers seems to have an opinion on what women should or rather should not wear!  I am amazed.  When did we tell you what to wear, guys? For the record, we detest these things: You roaming around in torn/dirty vests or with your hairy thighs flashing in tight shorts Unshaved and unwashed ...