Do Campus Ladies Dress Indecently To Entice Men?

TIP Weekly Debate

BY ROBERT EMMANUEL OWINY

Recently the local media was awash with stories of indecorous dressing by ladies in higher academic institutions in the country. Much focus was given to major universities, with special reference to Makerere University, which is also the biggest academic establishment in the great lakes region.

The media reported that female students have embraced such mode of dressing as; mini-skirts, britches, see-me through skirts and dresses, skin tights, tops with blank spaces that expose their breasts and the like. This fashion is reportedly discomforting in an educational environment since it daunts the opposite sex. Indeed it is so!

It is important to remember that these awkward styles are not a creation of the African people; it is an invention of the white man. The indoctrination we get from western movies, novels, newspapers or media at large has caused the muddle that makes us forget the values of our sundry culture.

What this means is that, indirect colonialism or neo-colonialism in our country and indeed the whole black continent is at full gear. It is unfortunate that despite the colonial slur that Africans suffered more than 50 years ago, they (Africans) have continued to cherish the western way of doing things without much questioning.

However, one thing is clear; western fashion is influenced by the recommendation, and or the way their culture is set, and how it operates. In other words what might be mortification in the eyes of a conventional African might just be a normal thing in the eyes of a white man. If the whites cannot copy the African fashion, why then should Africans run for theirs?

Therefore our African sisters at high levels of learning dress indecently on purpose. Apparently, all these young women are perceptive about the expectations and limitations of the African mores. Surely, there is no other explicable reason why Campus ladies dress the way they do apart from the obvious need to attract attention of their male counterparts.

What triggers this loss of nerve in ladies is the itch to initiate a relationship. It’s common knowledge that a lady always finds it hard to convince a guy verbally to love her, and if she is again not sure of what her mom gave her (natural beauty), the only remaining option is to go artificial. As such she begins doing every thing within her means to create a visual impression to the chap so that he can sway towards her.

Again ladies believe that their rude way of dressing stimulates their love partners. One point they miss here is that, true love doesn’t really blossom in the open but rather lives deep in our hearts and minds. So most of them go for this half necked way of dressing because they ludicrously think it’s a means to fire up their men. Reader, you know this point may work in bedrooms only. Now ask yourself, what makes our friends want to appear the same way in every environment? Does it mean they want it every time and any where?

I think it’s prudent for our sisters in this generation to embrace a more uncluttered way of asking for ‘things’ instead of fighting our moral values through nasty dressing in the ploy of fashion.