Dear Fred, I would feel a lot more assured if the headlines had read "Parents offended by Western attire - Khasti reinstated". I would even have settled for, "Kurta Pajama reinstated for boys as uniform."
Unfortunately, the demands made are on a women and it is not the attire that worries me, it is the motive behind it. Whenever changes take place in a women's world, we have to ask ourselves; does this further our cause of equality, does this level the playing field between genders, does this teach us lesson that are important and relevant or ones that are archaic? Does this make us more important in society or does it set parameters for us, that are ill-defined in today's world? This decision is not different from that of banning skirts in Madhya Pradesh, so as not to entice men. Nor it different from all the decisions that restrict women in Middle Eastern countries. Nor it is very different from what the Taliban did to their women. Perhaps those decision were blatant but this one is more insidious because it is opaque. The motive however is not. Elisabeth ----------------------------------------------- --- Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When it comes to uniforms, is it hard to imagine > that a section of > parents in Goa find the Western garb to be an > immodest form of dress > for their daughters? If so, is it fair to force it > on them? > > Once we accept this reality, then the only question > left to be sorted > out is what choices should be given over the > uniforms to be worn, who > should exercise these choices (parents? students? > educational > institutions? PTAs?) and how the interests of those > (minorities -- but > not necessarily in a religious sense) should be > taken care of. > > While *we* think it is abominable to be forced into > a purdah or salwar > kameez, why not ask others what they feel about it? > Is it any less > abominable to force them to be clad in a Western > attire, which for > whatever reason they are unwilling to accept? > > If you think my logic is flawed, let me know why. FN > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
