Talk:MEIKO/@comment-69.80.9.124-20180102204834/@comment-53539-20180128091341

@both of you, think about it for a second will you? The problem is people will associate clothes with certain elements. There is a culture of ignorance wherein certain people believe if you go out of the house with a short skirt on and a barely covering top, then your asking to be raped. This culture sadly taints the ability for a woman to wear what she wants and get away with it.

You and I know this is BS, but we are not the 100% population representative and there is sadly a strong % who do feel this way. And a number of rapists sadly have taken advantage of clothing to say things like "she wore nickers saying 'do me quick' so I did". Its easy to sit on a high horse and pretend it doesn't matter, but as I'm trying to point out, people do think clothes do reflect a person. This can't be helped and is due to the ignorance of culture. No woman goes out asking to be raped (most of the time anyway). And as the saying goes, a man who sleeps with dozens of woman is seen as a "man" and woman who does the same is seen as a "slut". The thing is backwards, but I can understand why Meiko's attire may get called out on.

The other issue is, unlike with Miku's design, we don't see the sexy points of it. We see the thigh-high boots and think "at least she is covered", not realising in Japan that's the same as having a bit of boob on show.

This reminds me of a Islamic comment from one of the priests that was made here in the UK, stating how the headscarf protected the woman against sexual assault (BS). He also stated the way western women dressed was asking to be assaulted. Judging by the last decade, this isn't an isolated case among Arabic cultures either in the middle east. A lot of it is religious based. So yeah... It can really vary in opinions overall depending on where your from, etc.

You can't try and claim that clothes aren't seen as an extension of a personality, because too many see it as one. If one is to claim otherwise, is to basically also be ignorant in another way. Don't hate me for saying this, but I'm getting a bit tired of both sides of the argument on Meiko's clothing. Most pick a side, stick to it, respond as though they don't understand certain things... Like why someone would see her dress code as "slutty" to begin with. Or the other side,the one saying its slutty don't understand it doesn't mean she is slutty. On this issue, both sides have valid points, but are often bias about the issue in favour of their own beliefs and opinions. :-/