Monday, September 26, 2011

Our World is weird: Two Strange Ideas that seem to work for some people.

Counterintuitive idea #1: LET Saudi women have more freedom by allowing them to vote...BUT don't dare allow women to drive a car. 
Today, Saudi Arabia now lets women vote, but women still can not drive themselves. This is partly a class issue since the wealthy can afford chauffeurs. The women who would be absolutely apoplectic if they couldn't get driven to a YSL boutique for the latest and the greatest designer duds don't seem to be the ones who are openly rebelling against the decree that no woman can drive herself around town. The rich ladies want to rock one-of-a-kind mini dresses worn by no one else except a Hollywood starlet, underneath their cloak-like Saudi style burqas. Of course, the bad guys here aren't really the rich women, the real fools here are men who think this idea of no driving for women is fine. 

Hey here's an idea:
This is about burqa-wearing, which I think women should be allowed to choose to wear if they want to, but not required.
Instead of making a cultural custom into ruling punishable by law, where all women cover themselves in part to be modest, why don't we blindfold the men who deem it mandatory for women to be fully covered in public, and let them deal. They will, no doubt, uphold the modesty of women this way.  It's just the reverse of the tailoring done for burqas that cover everything but the eyes. And what's more...So much fabric could be saved. 
This becomes this:




Counterintuitive idea #2: Make actual money with a women's clothing store "Dress Barn."
Dress Barn is the a store I just don't understand. I would never expect a store named this way could make money. It's really a dreadful name for a store selling women's fashions. It must not bother other people though, because apparently it all works out for the corporate office of Dress Barn.



 
We're just surprised, that's all.

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