tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9982477.post111944515913290401..comments2024-02-21T15:45:40.747+05:30Comments on Ink Scrawl: Indecent Proposalmandar talvekarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17060905096456474640noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9982477.post-1119691816833049332005-06-25T15:00:00.000+05:302005-06-25T15:00:00.000+05:30It's definitley a cultural thing -- I have worked ...It's definitley a cultural thing -- I have worked on a few projects for American clients where we were asked to stay away from depicting images (and situataions) that would have gang connotations. I remember a client asking us to preferably show no baseball caps -- and never to show the characters waering the cap wrong way around - the peak pointing to the back of the head. <BR/>In India almost mandar talvekarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17060905096456474640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9982477.post-1119672137425654302005-06-25T09:32:00.000+05:302005-06-25T09:32:00.000+05:30Perhaps it's a cultural thing. Students here, esp...Perhaps it's a cultural thing. Students here, especially as they enter adolescence, will often adopt styles of clothing that are extremely different from what their parents would like, usually adapted from their favorite music, tv, and movie personalities (the oversized jeans so baggy they almost fall off, revealing brightly patterned boxer shorts, is one fashion still prevalent around this Murphy Jacobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04088378675343658890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9982477.post-1119653584566389342005-06-25T04:23:00.000+05:302005-06-25T04:23:00.000+05:30hi again,and yes, i find this converstion too inte...hi again,<BR/>and yes, i find this converstion too interesting.<BR/>I accept that there is a level of freedom involved in the choice of one's own clothes -- that is true for both women and men -- however the point that I was trying to make earlier was that though there's a choice, I doubt if this choice of clothes is an assertion and proclamation of Identity by the person to the society. I feel mandar talvekarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17060905096456474640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9982477.post-1119625035993361742005-06-24T20:27:00.000+05:302005-06-24T20:27:00.000+05:30Thanks for dropping by, and for the reply. I'm en...Thanks for dropping by, and for the reply. I'm enjoying this conversation.<BR/><BR/>Yes, women, especially young women, are subject to the whims of fashion, sometimes to ridiculous levels (I have no tolerance for high heeled shoes or low-rise jeans myself) I still think there is a level of freedom involved in selecting one's own clothes, even a level of defiance (especially, again, in young Murphy Jacobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04088378675343658890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9982477.post-1119594393524327272005-06-24T11:56:00.000+05:302005-06-24T11:56:00.000+05:30Hi Sherri,Totally agree with the first part of you...Hi Sherri,<BR/>Totally agree with the first part of your comment. Unfortunately societies don't seem to place any responsibilty on men to control themselves. It is always assumed that a woman was raped because she sent out out signals of being sexually available. Such a mindset doesn't account for the fact that minors as young as three years old or elderly women above sixty too have been raped. Imandar talvekarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17060905096456474640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9982477.post-1119534595074650532005-06-23T19:19:00.000+05:302005-06-23T19:19:00.000+05:30I've always wondered why it is that a victim is th...I've always wondered why it is that a victim is the culprit (in this case, women in "skanty" clothing). Is there no responsibility on men to control themselves, to know what is right from what is wrong, and to, in a phase, "keep it in their pants"? Considering that rape happens to women who are modestly clothed, who are elderly, who are pregnant, who are not in any way acting or appearing to beMurphy Jacobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04088378675343658890noreply@blogger.com