Blame the Rape Cases on School Uniform?
May 26, 2008 Around the Word
A Malaysian group condemned the uniform worn by girls at government schools, saying it encouraged rape and pre-marital sex.
Oh come on, can they come up with better excuse? Crime rate climbs up, rape cases increases, premarital sex case increases, amount of teen parents increases, and these guys blame them on school girls uniform being too thin too transparent?
I really wonder if they are retarded or what? The victims are now blamed instead of the criminal. This is real stupid. Can a thief tell police that he was not to be blamed because the owner of the stolen goods left it outside of the shop? Can wireless network leecher/freeloader say that it is the owner ot blame because they did not secure their network? A crime is a crime, full stop. What they said make me feel that they are finding excuses for the convicted.
There is no cure for stupidity, once again, they prove it.
The Star:
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
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