“Beta apka strap dikh raha hai” says an aunty whenever a woman’s bra strap is visible in public. But did you ever ask what motivated a stranger to come to you, and tell you what to do with your clothing?

For ages, dupatta has helped enforce the delusion that covering over a woman’s chest is enough to repel sexual predators.

Why must a woman be answerable to the her employers for what she shares with a private group of people on social media?

Pugh isn’t the first celebrity to make a political statement about the experience of misogyny online and the ways that women’s bodies and self expression through nudity is disproportionately policed.

Fabindia Jashn-e-Riwaaz ad controversy carries a narrative where women’s bodies are used as battle sites for patriarchal grandstanding and morality.

Clothes are used to label women even today. Our opinion on what we wear doesn’t matter as much as that of society.

Why is it that even in the 21st century, women are morally policed for the clothes they wear?

Moral policing of women and their ways has taken many forms and mediums. These days it has led to something we also know as cyberbullying.

Earlier, women who crossed their twenties were expected to fill their wardrobes with salwar and dupattas. But today, “the more dresses a woman wears, the more modern she is!” my mother said pointing towards a red dress and stylish hair-cut.  

Does feminism or empowerment advocate the right of women to wearing certain kind of clothes? No, feminism advocates a woman’s right to wear as and what she pleases.