{UAH} HONESTLY? WOMEN NOW LOOK ABIT BETTER IN K'LA

It was with great surprise that I woke up on Tuesday 18th February 2014 to read that Museveni had "banned" mini skirts in the country... though the contents of the bill were later clarified.

We had been prepared for the signing of the Anti-Homosexuality bill ever since "scientists" had given their final opinion to Museveni and he had agreed with them on the matter.

The public knew that the Anti-homosexuality bill was now just a matter of finding a pen to sign the bill into law.

Lo and behold! It was the Anti-Pornography bill that crossed the line first with a declaration from the Minister of Ethics & Integrity confirming that Museveni "had signed".

I noticed that some ladies immediately took on social media to express dismay at the new legislation.

I would like to beleive these were mostly stakeholders who have vested interests in wearing the miniskirts.

One thing that they didn't do was complain about pornography being banned which was actually the substance of the legislation.

The focus was entirely on the tiny dress.

A dress that is considered too revealing to a point that regularly ladies dressed in miniskirts are seen pulling it down every ten seconds so as to appear to want to cover their legs.

A total oxymoron of a situation if you ask me.

They chose to wear it knowingly in the first place.

Plus they have to be careful when bending over to pick something from the ground lest unsolicited viewers get a peek at their underpants... if any.

Basically, ladies know best the true inconveniences of wearing a miniskirt, but they also know the advantages.

It is simply about sexually motivated attraction.

Just as men can be pointed out for sexual harassment, women can be pointed out for trying to coerce through seduction.

Lord Goring once wrote that "wearing too much red lipstick and less clothes is always a sign of a desperate woman."

It is worth noting that most sex workers wear the mini dress during their working hours because of its advantages in making them attract clients.

It so happened that I met one such sex worker. And she was clear about the impact of miniskirts in her trade.

The first point was basically that men are more likely to get sexually activated if they see womens thighs.

Secondly, and more lowly, some clients want to get a feel of the goods before agreeing to purchase.

This, she said, was also another advantage of the miniskirt over tights and jeans.

Once the customer had touched the goods, he himself would experience arousal and this would seal the deal.

If the issue of miniskirts had required a scientific study so as to determine it's impact, cause of being and purpose in life, scientists would surely find a correlation between the prevalence of the mini-skirt and the rise in sexual activities including disease, rape, unwanted kids, extra-marital sex and therefore divorce and broken families.

Because the mini skirts main attribute is sexual arousal... just like pornography.

So why would any dignified woman worry about the mini skirt?

Many look attractive in trousers, long skirts and even cultural dresses.

But all of a sudden women who feel they depend on the miniskirt for a living like the sex worker, now want to point out their rights to wear whatever they want.

Well that's OK but I'm sorry to say that the trend that many women are following is heading towards walking naked if nothing is done to stop them from a decline that is taking the rest of us with it. Especially in terms of the perceived looseness/promiscuity of Ugandan women, and therefore the depreciation of our dignity individually and nationally here and abroad.

There are already signs of many ladies wanting to have their underwear seen in public.

Therefore someone has to draw a line and put a halt to the madness of the many women who have nothing else but sex and their own bums constantly in the forefront of their brains activity.

I am sure that many of these same complaining women would themselves ban their own mini skirts if men didn't find them sexually attractive in them.

So let us not fool each other.

Those who wear the mini dress are aiming to arouse and seduce men. Period.

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Yet they can achieve the same in a more decent way without the almost pornographic impact of the miniskirt.

Can they expect a long term stable relationship out of that?

Supporters of the mini skirt can't admit one point: The sexual mission of the woman in a miniskirt.

Screaming about women's emancipation and gender rights yet the very women are working tirelessly to make men focus on them as sexual objects makes no sense.

It's like making one step forward for women and two steps back for the same women: regression.

While there are many who are genuinely making a decent effort for women emancipation, their is a huge ignorant constituency of women constantly undermining any gains that women can make in terms of acheiving respectability and equality.

Real feminists want to improve the image and condition of women.

They want take it to a level where women can instantly be taken seriously on all the important fronts where they have to make headway.

Well these feminists are the ones who silently understand that this initially perceived "ban" on miniskirts was a temporary blessing in disguise.

But at the moment, though sometimes very committed, Ugandan women are being devalued to a point that we actually have no pride left as a country when it comes to the reputation of our women.

And it is the ladies wanting to wear less clothing who are leading this decline.

We all have heard of how Southern Sudanese and Arabs in Dubai consider "these Ugandese women" as nothing but "all prostitutes".

Is it Ugandan men who are spreading the reputation?

I would advise men to calmly tell their women, sisters, friends or colleagues who blatantly wear indecent clothes to simply change.

Yes, women have their rights, but we all have the right to express dismay when necessary.

There is supposed to be a dress code for work, home, church and going parties.

What does a woman lose by wearing anything else other than a miniskirt?

I am 100% convinced they gain from avoiding it.

Surely there are so many great and pretty clothes out there.

Even in their wardrobes.

In the meantime, let the ladies also appreciate that they can make a more important choice for themselves by desiring dignity above all.

It hurts to see many women try in vain to improve the image and respect accorded to women.

They are doing so usually after matiring or having suffered the most negative effects of being considered a sexual object.

Why does it have to be others to decide for women what level of decency to have. Have these "Ugandese" condemned themselves to being sexual imbeciles?

Surely it is men and women of determination, strife and respect who understand better what is good for men and women.

The rest might even doubt them like they did for my late father Idi Amin when he banned the miniskirt in Uganda.

For now, let us also admit the increased level of decency we see today in the streets after the recent passing of the Anti-pornography bill and the few incidents where some unfortunate girls were undressed.

We can easily and peacefully upkeep this decency with our wives, sisters, friends and especially our own children as they grow into their teen years.

That's the time they start making fashion choices.

Hussein Juruga Lumumba Amin