One
of the differences between the new wave of feminism and previous ones
is that feminists do not seem to care any more about what clothes women
wear. Long gone are the days when being a feminist implied hating
fashion and burning bras (as a 46-year-old woman who has had three
children, I am naturally grateful for the latter). Indeed, since
feminism has turned towards women’s freedom to take their own decisions
in life, women wearing what they wish (be that plain, colourful, wide,
narrow, on trend or outdated) fits neatly with that concept.
When it comes to clothes it is difficult to put the finger on what is
gender discriminatory, because (unfair as that may be) first
impressions of both men and women are often formed by how we look. A
comment about women having to shorten the length of their skirts in
order to be successful is clearly discriminatory. But if a businesswoman
or female politician goes to a meeting in flamboyant clothes or shoes
and people or the media comment on them, does it happen only because she
is a woman? Would that happen if a businessman or male politician went
to a meeting in flamboyant clothes or shoes?FASHIONABLE WEAR...
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