Indecent Attire

There is a belief among some people that women who dress provocatively attract violence and mis-behavior.

Let me dissect dressing provocatively.

1. In Taliban controlled Afghanistan, even one inch of skin showing was considered indecent. They didn’t allow even an ankle to be seen. So by their standards, exposing feet is provocative dressing.

2. In Pakistan, its not so bad, women are expected to cover their heads, but I guess face and feet being visible is considered normal. Anything more would be provocative.

3. In India, wearing sleeveless tops is acceptable; bottoms which cover the knees are acceptable. Anything less is provocative. One hypocrisy being - waist showing is decent if one is wearing a saree but indecent if wearing a western outfit.

4. USA. I need not explain.

Now let’s looks at crime/atrocities against women in these 4 regions.

I guess all would agree that the crimes are opposite to what one would expect by the "provocative dressing" logic.

I'm sure if there was a society where being nude was perfectly acceptable, it would have even lesser crime against women than USA. Probably data can be taken from some tribes on this.