Isn’t  it surprising how no one ever talks about men wearing revealing or conservative clothes ? Or the way they dress define their personalities? Because it’s always woman who are picked apart for the most trivial thing they do right from dressing, to putting make up to wearing high heels. Woman’s body are constantly policed by the society.  A woman can go to work wearing a nice saree and she will still be deemed as someone who is asking for it because of the cut of her blouse or the jhumkas she wore. The truth is Woman can’t win anywhere. It must come shocking to many but woman do wear short skirts, crop tops because they feel good about their bodies and they are tired of the conservative patriarchal rules of dressing. Women are allowed to celebrate their bodies just like how shirtless men think they can go to the gym to take 100 selfies to show off their muscular body.

Ofcourse wearing revealing clothes is in a way synonymous to woman empowerment but this idea comes a long way. If we look back in history, woman were always looked down upon and seen as the weaker sex. In different centuries Woman were literally clothed from head to toe, even in the west showing a woman’s ankles were deemed scandalous. Woman still hide their faces with veils because society tells them to.

So I believe we have come a long way from that and now we get to decided what choice of clothing we want to wear. Woman are breaking the stereotypes with bold fashion statements and self expression. They are not doing it for the male gaze but for themselves and embracing their sexuality and sensuality without shame.