Indecent dressing is once again trending among the present generation of females, and making normal people remember the popular maxim: “Dress the way you want to be addressed.” Unfortunately, the breed of females who believe in “show everything, uncovered” have clearly not understood or connected with the wisdom in the maxim. Instead, they continue in their wayward ways, totally ignoring all the admonitions to dress well.
If a person dresses properly and decently, the person would obviously attract respect and treated with dignity. On the other hand, if one is indecently dressed, he or she will definitely attract disrespect, harassment and might even be raped which has been the experience of most indecent dressers. A dress is said to be indecent if it is morally and sexually offensive. When certain parts of the body are revealed for public viewing that is basically a case of indecent dressing.
Immoral dressing in the country is growing at an alarming rate in the society and needs to be addressed urgently. A simple philosophy of life says people should do what is universally acceptable, socially desirable and economically profitable. Today’s generation refuses to understand that fact. They are pleased with copying nude dressing from foreign celebrities not knowing that indecent dressing does not improve one’s beauty. Instead, it dents your beauty and amounts to rebellion. Why would nudity become a way of life for both celebrities and their protégés? Probably, the National Orientation Agency should rise to the occasion and mount an awareness campaign against indecent dressing. It is clearly not of God but rather demonic. No wonder, a man who attended a celebrity event was overwhelmed by what he saw and he quipped: “I think it is only the abdominal organs like kidney, liver and intestine that could be described as private parts. Otherwise, no other part of the body should be described as private.”
An inglorious scene was witnessed at the wedding of an actor in Asaba, Delta State recently, when friends and family gathered to celebrate with him. One of the guests, a lady, however set tongues wagging and smartphones on fire as people video-recorded her indecent entrance which caused a major distraction. She stood out like a sore finger. What was amiss? The middle-aged lady wore an outfit that shared her boobs into two equal sections. The lower parts of her boobs were covered while the upper region was displayed for all and sundry. In other words, her massive breasts were literally outside her brassiere. Her skirt barely covered her buttocks, leaving the unsmooth skin of her thighs fully and sordidly exposed. Definitely it was not the way to dress to a wedding ceremony. How could a mother attend an event dressed in such outfit? What an eyesore the middle-aged lady made of herself. It was an aberration!
Did she look in the mirror before stepping out of her house? Was her outfit admired by her friends? Or the devil encouraged her to adopt the ‘I don’t care’ attitude. Anyway you choose to look at it the outfit was poor for anyone.
The internet was set on fire by the way her fellow female colleagues reprimanded her and made a post her page: “Your outfit to the wedding today was irresponsible and indecent. I am saying it again and again, you are a bad influence.” The moment that post hit the social media, netizens took it over and responses poured in trolling manner. Someone wrote, “Her dressing was despicable, irresponsible and degrading. She was naked. Breast was completely laid outside. You embarrassed yourself in front of children you can give birth to. Some of them were touching you and you were feeling cool with yourself. Shame catch me for you.”
Another described her as “low-budget sugar mummy.” In the same vein, another netizen wrote: “She is not only a bad influence but a senseless old cargo. Her character is very irritating. Big balloons without sense!”
It did not end at that. “The truth is always bitter,” another netizen wrote. “The lady is a disgrace to women at large. What exactly is she talking about? She should rather hide her face in shame. She was the only person that dressed in a wayward manner.”
Again, she was not the only one dragged for indecent dressing. There was a time an A-List mother and a female actor dressed indecently during a visit to President Goodluck Jonathan at Aso Rock Villa. She wore a deep V-neck frock that exposed her cleavage offensively. Her indecent dressing did not go down well because she was dragged by Nigerians and was called to explain the reason for that kind of dressing knowing the powerful office she was going to grace. Speaking with one of the radio presenters, she said she bought the outfit with her husband.
These displays of indecent dressing are what many youths see often and think it is the way of life. They try to copy such nudity which is absolutely wrong. It is baffling why most female celebrities choose to dress indecently, while the same men they want to attract dress more decently. On different stages for performance, the women go half naked, while the men who own the music dress properly. The list of celebrity indecent dressers is uncountable. Who told them indecency is the way to go?
The fact is that most men that women dress indecently to attract do not appreciate them. A male socialite once said: “Some ladies do not understand what indecent dressing means until their maids wear it in front of their husbands.”
Regrettably, the desire to belong and to be identified as fashionable makes many female celebrities to dress indecently. Some must show their breasts to the world while some wear a very long slit that shows hints of their undies. The midriff is also not spared in dressing indecently. All bare shoulders or completely off shoulder are all forms of indecency.
Some have said the reason women wear indecent dresses is because of low self-esteem and desperation for attention. Again, sexism and corporate greed are at play, which lead to the regression of female fashion from being modest and gradually moving to skimpy dresses and the competition to reveal more skin.
What most of the celebrities do not understand is that indecent dressing can devalue a woman because it exposes what forms her treasure and makes them appear irresponsible. What they do not know is that the same men that they are trying to lure or attract will use them as toy to quench their sexual urge. When they need a wife, they go for the covered girls. Some argue that celebrities’ dressing style is sometimes perceived as ‘indecent’ dressing by the general public. Others contend that while celebrity influence is undeniable, it is a complex issue with various factors at play, including the influence of social media and a broader shift in societal norms.
Critics argue that celebrity fashion style, especially from Western influences, is eroding traditional Nigerian values and norms, leading to a shift in their own dressing patterns.
Dear women and celebrities, know it that obscenity has no definition, but when you see it, you will know it. What is bad is bad. Dress the way you want to be addressed.