Women Wearing Leggings are ‘Crossing All Limits’: Tamil Magazine Kumudam Lands in Trouble

Telangana99.com: A cover story in a Tamil bi-weekly on the women’s wear, leggings, allegedly portraying those who sport it in a bad light, has kicked off a storm, more so in the virtual world, with many charging that the article amounted to moral policing.

There is even an online petition, asking the magazine to apologise for the article.

The latest issue of popular Tamil periodical Kumudam Reporter ran the story on women wearing leggings, terming it ‘crossing the limits’ of acceptable dress code. It was accompanied by several photographs of women on the road and riding pillion, all cropped suggestively to further drive in the message that leggings were provocative. Soon after the weekly hit the news stands, a controversy erupted over the moralistic tone of the article, with scores especially the youth — but not restricted to women alone — coming out with scathing criticisms. The article was variously described as misogynistic and regressive, and the magazine was asked to apologise for running it.

DMK member Kanimozhi came out with a statement alleging that to be “moral policing masquerading as journalism. It is a classic case of objectification of women.” The activistic site Change.org has a petition addressed to the management of the periodical that has already received nearly 2,500 petitions within just a few hours.

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