Thursday May 22, 2008
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
Courtesy: The Star (22/05/09)
Comment:
Of all the pea brained things!
The Malaysian school uniform is already so uninspiring and unimaginative that at best it can be described as of 3rd world class.
One wonders if this purdah clad Munirah Bahari of the nondescript National Islamic Students Association has got no other work rather than spend her energy on the perceived sexual mores of Malaysian students.
Obviously she has failed to see that sexual misbehavior is more the result of weaknesses in the mind rather than outward manifestations of dress codes. Has she bothered t ask for the niews of the students themselves or is a guilt ridden mind telling her to do her quota to save guile less souls.
Is this mindless thinking or Malaysia Boleh?
