One more time folks-
There is no magical piece of clothing that will save you from oppression. A bikini is no more freeing than a burka, and vice versa. Women all over the world, in every kind of clothing imaginable, have been raped, harassed, groped, cat called, killed, etc.
There is no magic piece of clothing because clothing is always just an excuse or a symptom, and not the cause of abuse.
We will know we are free when a woman, any woman, anywhere, can walk down any street naked as the day she was born and not be bothered. Since that day is still very far off, arguing over the merits of one form of clothing over another as tools for liberation is silly.
The clothes don't dictate the oppression, the oppression dictates the wardrobe.
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