The Dress Code

It is laughable, yet annoying, when people mistake
going about their everyday life with going for an
event. Not any event: a tacky, trashy event.

They wear fashion items and accessories that they
shouldn’t. Some ladies wear heels that they are not
comfortable in, clothes that are for the Red Carpet,
and they even go on to apply vulgar make-up that
screams, “Yes! I might be a washed out whore!”

This doesn’t apply to only ladies. Some young men
think that llife is a hip-hop for the video-shoot. They
sag their pants till one is made to wonder if their
waistline is lower than the normal human waistline.
They have crazy hair-dos that aren’t expected of
responsible people.

Some people dress irresponsibly.

This brings about a barrage of questions: Who defines
what is responsible? Isn’t fashion an individual’s
prerogative? Is it anybody’s business what someone
wears or not?

Our society defines what is responsible. Our society
has taught us to be social conformists so as not to be
seen as deviants. Ergo, we must adhere to the
standards set by the society on what is responsible.
Society before the individual. In other words, society
matters and you don’t matter.

No, it is not an individual’s prerogative to dress how
they want. Their clothes affect our optical horizon and
so they should dress the way we, the society, wants.
Not how they want. Remember, the society matters
and the individuals therein don’t.

Yes, what someone wears is everybody’s business.
Ostensibly, everybody is jobless. We don’t have
dreams we are chasing. We don’t have any source of
happiness to distract us. Judging others, making them
feel sad, too, makes us happy. Misery loves company.
We are thrown in the throes of envy when we see
people who are comfortable with themselves and we
try so hard to make them uncomfortable and miserable
just like we are. It becomes our business.

Sarcasm asides, everyone is entitled to dress how
they want because that is how they want to be
addressed. We should stop being judgmental. Jesus
isn’t judging. We shouldn’t judge. It’s not like we
don’t have our dark, dirty sins.

If a girl dresses how she wants, it doesn’t give anyone
the right to condemn her. It is not an invitation to sex.
Women with hijabs still get lewd, lustful leers from
men. Saying a woman isn’t well dressed is an
invitation to sex is like saying a beautiful convertible
is begging to be stolen. Men should learn to control
their eyes and their other head.

If a young man sags his pants to the extent of
showing off his boxers, it is not anyone’s palaver.
There are many issues to focus on than another
person’s dressing.

Stop swallowing painkillers for
another person’s pain. It is none of your business.

Instead, eat a cookie. Have sex with your partner if
you are of the belief that it is okay to shag someone
you are not married to, but very sinful to masturbate.
Edit your pictures. Sleep. Live in your fantasies while
others are chasing their dreams. The list is endless.
And I have to stop being sarcastic. For now.

@Cisi_Uduh