Why is that in Indian culture women wear saris which sometimes exposes their arms, stomachs, backs, etc and…?
this isn't considered to be sexual, or inappropriate in any way? Even old Indian women expose their stomachs, backs, etc, and apparently it's not a big deal in Indian culture? Or what about those tribal people in South America who literally walk around almost completely naked? Why do Abrahamic religions have an obsession with concealing skin, especially concealing women's skin?
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February 3rd, 2010 at 9:25 am
I’m with you on that one. If "God" created the human body, and if its a beautiful thing, what’s wrong with it being seen? The human body really is a work of art and you’d think God would want people admiring his work. The Abrahamic obsession with women skin is just another obsession with woman control, if you ask me. Women as being the fault for "original sin" just plays upon that obsession.
February 3rd, 2010 at 9:25 am
Why does it matter what they wear? You seem to have issues with people being free to wear different clothes than what you are used to.
You answered your own question, too: "it’s not a big deal in Indian culture".
They just don’t care.
February 3rd, 2010 at 9:25 am
that isn’t considered sexual? yea, by means of apparent talk
but inner…
let’s take a look on rate of sexual abuse and prostitution there
skins don’t invite you to sex. invitation is only when you seduce the dude to put him with you. but skin does bring stimulation.
i expected the thumbs down after all, only because this doesn’t meet what many people "like"
February 3rd, 2010 at 9:25 am
Its and attempt to stop women distracting, manipulating and trading with their bodies.
February 3rd, 2010 at 9:25 am
Cultural acceptance of sex and the body is different in all three instances. You are mistaken if you believe the manner of dress is not considered sexual. It is extremely sexual but what is not present is the religious taboos related to sex and the exposure of the body. There is more to the dress codes than that but it is the basis.
February 3rd, 2010 at 9:25 am
Because people of Abrahamic religions see the human body, and in particular the female body as something purely sexual, which of course, it is not.
It all starts in the garden of eden, you know, in that great work of fiction known as "The Bible", one of the first things that happened when Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit was that they became ashamed and embarrassed by their nakedness.
February 3rd, 2010 at 9:25 am
The men are jealous and the women make more money when it comes off
February 3rd, 2010 at 9:25 am
Most societies are obsessed with how much skin a woman shows to some extent. Or to be more accurate, they’re obsessed with whether or not a woman is showing more of her body than what the society is used to. Example: If a girl in our culture wears an extremely short skirt, a lot of people (mostly other girls) say "Oh she’s such a slut, showing off that much of her body!" Similarly, in the Middle East, a woman is considered a slut if she exposes so much as one of her ankles. That’s more than what the society is used to, so they can’t handle it, just like we can’t handle it when a girl wears too short of a skirt.
Judaism (which is the root religion of both Christianity and Islam, and therefore is the root of the world’s largest religions) began is a part of the world that was hot and arid. So hot that the only way to survive was to cover yourself in clothing. As such, it was seen as abnormal and too revealing for a person to expose any more of themselves than what the society is used to.
The earliest stories in the Bible speak of nudity as though it’s something unnatural, something to be ashamed of. Noah’s son Ham is scolded for not covering his father when he finds him asleep in the nude. Even Adam and Eve are ashamed when they realize they’re naked for the first time. The writers of the Bible certainly treated it as though it was just common sense that nudity was something to be ashamed of. Compare this to the cultures you speak of, in which it’s common for people to go about in the nude. Clearly, living in such a hot region where the only choice for survival was to cover yourself up led to the earliest Jews becoming so used to wearing clothing that they viewed it as disgusting not to. That tradition stuck, and as Judaism or its descendant religions became the most dominant ones in the world, more of the world began to follow that custom. It’s no coincidence that the world has noticeably been breaking off from that tradition and finding it acceptable to reveal more and more of our bodies only over the past 80 years or so, as it became more and more socially acceptable to question religious teachings.
February 3rd, 2010 at 9:25 am
I don’t think it’s obsession really I think it’s just those religions teach that women should be modest in how we dress, Indian religions teach something different.