Elizabeth, Thanks for your thoughts on the dress code for girls. i totally agree with you.
marie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elisabeth Carvalho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 3:51 AM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Talibanisation of Goa. (re uniforms) > 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 _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
