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There’s sex and there's love - but not always together : Comments

By Barbara Biggs, published 13/11/2006

You can walk down the street wearing skimpy clothes but that doesn’t mean it’s a good idea.

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Pity Barbara did not read the bible years earlier. She might have come to many of the same conclusions a long time ago
Posted by runner, Monday, 13 November 2006 10:38:11 AM
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As if the Bible has anything relevant to say ! Paul is the only writer who mentions women's attire (always keen to lay down rules for women)and he only advises to dress modestly. Let's leave utterly outdated religious texts out of this debate for once. I agree with Barbara; I also agree that dressing decently won't stop rape, which is an expression of power. However, I'm no prude but on aesthetic grounds alone I do not like to be confronted by half-bared bosoms, "muffin tops" hanging over low-cut trousers, young girls dressed as sexy sirens and old mutton dressed as lamb. On moral grounds, it seems sad to me that women are so desperately eager to identify themselves as sex objects first and foremost. You would think that women have nothing else going for them as human beings. A bit of an insult to women in general.
Posted by kang, Monday, 13 November 2006 11:31:54 AM
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The house of religion in which this man speaks, have a religious dress code that covers all parts of the body, showing only the face and hands.

They believe that the slightest show of the legs, arms and feet are not to be seen outside their home.

The dress was designed by religious leaders, for women to know their place outside the home.

I fail to see the relevance of conservative dress versus this type of religious fashion.

Let us ask the question of what an infadel is?
Posted by Suebdootwo, Monday, 13 November 2006 11:48:41 AM
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Curious to see 'feminist' ideas supporting conservative christian notions of modesty - and both of them congruent with the mad mufti in his attribution of unrestrained lust in men to the clothing choices of women!

Speaking of which - "old mutton dressed as lamb". Nothing to do with cat's meat, I presume?
Posted by CJ Morgan, Monday, 13 November 2006 12:00:01 PM
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A question: what is the research the proves that rape is about power not sex. By research I mean data, not a post-modernist exposition.

Is it that society simply doesn't want to admit that sex can be forced for the sake of sex? I would have thought that there are many ways to express (inflict) power; most of which carry lesser penalties and would probably be more easy to execute.

The recent OLO article on porn and rape raised a similar question.
Posted by PeterJH, Monday, 13 November 2006 12:16:09 PM
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An interesting question that I have been pondering too. Maybe rape is violence that manifests itself as sex, or is it sex that manifests itself as violence?
Posted by Lainie, Monday, 13 November 2006 12:39:23 PM
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