While I can’t remember the exact post, I remember reading a blog post of a fellow Malaysian Indian blogger criticizing Malaysian Indian girl’s clothing. Something that pointing out that sexy and Westernized clothing (and character) of them are ‘killing’ the culture. Yea, something like that.

No, I am not going to argue on someone’s post here. That is not an ethical thing to do, but I would rather argue about so-called burden of preserving the culture that many think only need to be shouldered by women. That would be something I will never agree as a woman and as a person. For example, it is alright for our men folk to go to a temple in jeans but it is not okie for women. While I am not saying it is not okie for a girl to go to temple in a punjabi suit/saree, I’m wondering why men are exempted from such unwritten rule.

Being an alumni of a local public university, I am well aware of the ‘orientation month’ that our students used to have (and I believe they are still having it). There was a rule insisting our girls to wear traditional clothes during the whole ‘orientation month’. Some defended it saying it is to identify the freshies and some attacked the idea. But no one ever asked the boys to wear dhoti or jippa.

Why is the double standard when it comes to who-should-take-care-of-culture? Why parents who are so particular dressing up their daughters in traditional clothes doesn’t seem to mind what the sons are wearing? Why would modern-dressed girls looked down while whose in traditional attire regarded as family-type girl? It can always be the other way around, you know?

Besides, I was just wondering about this - I am able to tie a saree within 5 mins, how many men here able to tie a dhoti in 10 mins?