You've got to be kidding me....

Was reading Christine's blog bout an article in yesterday's Star Newspaper. Seems there is a Malaysian group (comprised of university students. Yes, university students!), whose vice-president is a woman (yes, a woman!). They claim that government school girls' school uniforms are too sexy and encourage rape, premarital sex, prostitution and bastard children! Now I really think Malaysia is slowly being taken over my religious extremists. This brings back one of my pet peeves about my beloved homeland (read my previous posts regarding this issue) I'm just too horribly disgusted and aghast to say anymore. The following is the newspaper article:


School uniform sexy, says group

KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian group condemned the uniform worn by girls at government schools, saying it encouraged rape and pre-marital sex.

“The white blouse is too transparent for girls and it becomes a source of attraction,” National Islamic Students Association of Malaysia vice-president Munirah Bahari said in a statement.

“It becomes a distraction to men, who are drawn to it, whether or not they like looking at it,” she said, calling for a review of uniform policy so that it did not violate Islamic ideals.

In multicultural Malaysia, home to majority-Muslim Malays as well as ethnic Chinese and Indians, female students at government schools have a choice of wearing a white blouse with a knee-length skirt or pinafore.

They may also wear a “baju kurung” and a headscarf is optional for Malay students.

Munirah said that “covering up” according to Islamic precepts was important to fend off social ills, including “rape, sexual harassment and even premarital sex.”

“This leads to babies born out of wedlock and, to an extent, even prostitution,” she said.

“Decent clothes which are not revealing can prevent and protect women from any untoward situations,” she said, suggesting that girls wear a blouse of a different colour or with an undergarment.

However, the girls themselves also came in for criticism, with the association saying that some used the white blouse to lure men.

“This is the source of the problem, where we can see that schoolgirls themselves are capable of using this to attract men to them,” Munirah said.

“This could see them getting molested, having premarital sex and all sorts of things.” – AFP

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/5/22/nation/21326822&sec=nation



For the benefit of the few non-Malaysian readers of my blog, allow me to give you a clearer idea of the utter stupidity and ignorance of the group's claims:

This is my youngest sister, Yi Lynn. She is wearing a standard secondary school girl's uniform. It consists of a white cotton collared blouse and a light blue pinafore, which is usually knee-length or just above the knees. The other option is the baju kurung, a traditional Malay dress which is white at the top and light blue at the bottom. It's basically long-sleeved, tubular, all the way down to the ankles.

Do tell me Dear Readers, doesn't my sister look 'too sexy for school?' Doesn't she look sinfully seductive? So much so that men who lay eyes on her disgustingly revealing attire can't help but rape her senseless? After all, it is in man's nature to rape, and it is in women's nature to be sinful in all manner of shape and form. Women shouldn't be seen or heard! Lest they tempt males into damnation with their wicked, lustful ways!

Fucktards. Go tell that to the toddlers, frail grandmothers and young women who were clad in tudung, baju kurung, covered their aurat as stated in their Holy Book. They are rape victims too! It saddens me more that it was a woman who made these comments. The ignorance and shallow-mindedness is so deeply entrenched in our society. *Sigh*...

Read also the 2 responses to the article:
Senseless Attack on Uniform
Don't Push Blame on Women's Attire