Tuesday, 27 May 2008

Britney Spears Has Taken Over Malaysian Government Schools?

I was reading "The Star" one morning at school, having gotten there way to early, and with nothing to do, and pounced upon this news article:


School uniform sexy, says group

KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian group condemned the uniform worn by girls at government schools, saying it encouraged rape and pre-marital sex.

“The white blouse is too transparent for girls and it becomes a source of attraction,” National Islamic Students Association of Malaysia vice-president Munirah Bahari said in a statement.

“It becomes a distraction to men, who are drawn to it, whether or not they like looking at it,” she said, calling for a review of uniform policy so that it did not violate Islamic ideals.
In multicultural Malaysia, home to majority-Muslim Malays as well as ethnic Chinese and Indians, female students at government schools have a choice of wearing a white blouse with a knee-length skirt or pinafore.
They may also wear a “baju kurung” and a headscarf is optional for Malay students.
Munirah said that “covering up” according to Islamic precepts was important to fend off social ills, including “rape, sexual harassment and even premarital sex.”

“This leads to babies born out of wedlock and, to an extent, even prostitution,” she said.

“Decent clothes which are not revealing can prevent and protect women from any untoward situations,” she said, suggesting that girls wear a blouse of a different colour or with an undergarment.
However, the girls themselves also came in for criticism, with the association saying that some used the white blouse to lure men.

“This is the source of the problem, where we can see that schoolgirls themselves are capable of using this to attract men to them,” Munirah said.

“This could see them getting molested, having premarital sex and all sorts of things.”
– AFP




After taking a look at this, if I did not believe that the Malaysian education system was a little far-fetched before this, I am almost certain that it has ultimately gone bonkers now. School uniforms are sexy because the shirt is white?
In Malaysia, it is near impossible to wear something else. A different colour would absorb heat from the sun's rays, and as many Malaysians know, I am sure none of us wants to absorb more heat than is necessary.
In addition to this, wearing something else underneath would be the death of us all. Literally. This school uniform at present is made from a material that seems to trap heat, as I know, having worn a shirt of a similar material as part of my Winter Uniform. Wearing something more under that would just cause more incidents of fainting. I have no actual proof of this, but this is my silly, albeit far-fetched theory. =)

What is more ridiculous yet is how this association believes that girls will use the colour of the uniform in order to sexually attract boys.
In all my 17 years of travelling, every school I have ever been to uses a white shirt as a uniform, and I have NEVER heard of any girl using the white shirt as an excuse to get herself laid, nor have I ever heard of any boys looking at all of us females in our white shirts and going 'damn, that white shirt looks hot on her'.
(In fact, I doubt whether males even notice the colour of the uniform at all, given the way many do not even notice when girls actually DO decide to get all dolled up for them. XD)

For those who have no idea what the uniform looks like, this will give you an idea:




Now look at those uniforms and tell me that they represent sex and lust to you.
After that, take a look at this:



Malaysian uniforms too sexy for you still?

Mishy <3

2 comments:

Amirah said...

oh dear GOD... can't they think of anything better to agonise about?! the uniforms are ridiculous enough as it is.

Michelle said...

TELL ME ABOUT IT!!

Besides, the Malaysian uniform is seriously one of the most demure and modest ones I have ever come across. Unless they want to do the Arab thing and cover the face too while they're at it, Lord save them then when they finally realise that Malaysia is actually HUMID. =/