by MICHELLE LE ROUX
“Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society,” said Mark Twain. Not any more, it seems.
Twain’s view is anachronistic (and sexist) in light of how preoccupied we are with what women wear — especially if it’s not very much.
What women wear is socially and politically controversial — sexy or frumpy, too grown-up or mutton-dressed-as-lamb.
All these judgments are routinely thrown at women. It seems we just can’t win in navigating between what is attractive and what is appropriate.
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