Why this insane desire to wards nakedness?
Posted on September 24th, 2009
By Dr. Mrs. Mareena Thaha Reffai Dehiwela.
Amazing and disgusting news today (Daily Mirror 25.9.2009) that there is move to organize Hiking in the nude in Harz mountain in Germany.
Why is this desire for nakedness in todayƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s world? We see this even in Srilanka now- the youngsters and sometime even the not so young ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢¢”š¬…” seem to be wearing less and less. What we wore as the lingerie seems to be the dress of choice at todayƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s parties! Even the saree is worn with the breasts exposed.
Recently there was a spectacle of wedding dress at a bridal show where the bride was wearing hardly anything, her flower bouquet was coving the little pieces of dress she was wearing. What is the groom, the bridesƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ parents and the grooms parent thinking? Here there is a girl starting her life in all seriousness of sharing herself with the groom and on the very first day what she does is to expose herself to all and sundry? Where is the modesty which is part of all religions of Srilanka? ArenƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢t we following the perverted norms of western world, knowing jolly well where it has landed them? DonƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢t we all know the depths to which the indecency and immodesty has pushed that society?
Another place this is apparent is the hospitals, strangely. The hospital staff, including the doctors, nurses and minor staff keep scolding the patients, specially the Muslims, when they opt to wear a shawl or a hijab. They insist that all the patients wear a hatte and redda dress. Many non Muslim patients too have expressed disgust in wearing hatte and redda and exposing themselves to the men who visit the wards- be they staff or visitors.
I remember when I was DMO at Akurana hospital, my non Muslim staff used to scold the women when they were not decently covered when the men visited the ward. What had happened to the code of ethics?
This way the body of the female patients are exposed to all and sundry. After all most of these staff are mothers and fathers. Would a decent mother or father like to get their own daughters be exposed like this? Would the doctors and the nurses like to work with hatte and redde in the wards?
This is an impingement of the human rights of the patients. Either no men ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢¢”š¬…”exceptt eh doctors – should be allowed into the ladiesƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢ wards or the patients must be allowed ƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢¢”š¬…”nay, asked to wear modest clothes.
I hope saner council will prevail in future and we will return to the modest values of our ancestors, irrespective of our religion race or cast.
September 26th, 2009 at 9:03 am
It appears that Dr. Reffai has used the issue of public nudity to justify the nonsense dress of muslim females. The black cloak covering the entire person is a relatively new thing to this country; spreading like a disease among the fanatics. Your community, due to the fanatic beliefs is creating a deep sub division in this country. You being the minority (no discrimination meant) should try to mingle with the main stream and not try to distance yourself from the main stream. You may not know the extent that your community is being alienated by the rest of the population because of your mad dress. Besides your dress is an extreme security risk and should be banned in all sensitive public places. Do not try to push your separatist motives on account of modesty.