A while ago I ran into this tweet:
While I do agree with the sentiment behind it, I replied to the original poster that it’s not in the list of human rights as agreed upon.
Because I like simplicity, I found this website which tells you about the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights in an easy to understand form. (Yes, it’s for children. I said I like simple, right?)
I also had a problem with the claim that we are forced to buy and wear clothes. I don’t think that’s true. We’re supposed to cover up, dictated by law, in the name of ‘decency’ (theirs, not ours). Walking around in a cardboard box is also covering up, even if you found (did not buy) that box.
Perhaps this blog post is too much over such a tweet but I do like to check the facts before I make claims like the original poster made in his tweet.
Thinking further on this subject, I wonder how far one could go in the clothing arena. On textile beaches, the amount of actual textile can dwindle down to something you can’t even make a handkerchief of.
Or, like the lady on the right, would something like this go against the hairs of the textile-loving community? She is dressed, after all, and from the looks of her, the dress and the location it’s
We all know that clothing is massively overrated these days. I recall seeing people in wool hoodies when it’s so hot that birds faint in flight. Long coats and long pants when the asphalt is close to melting. These people take things a few notches too far.
Still, there is no human right to be naked (and that’s a shame…)
I’d argue that how we dress (or don’t dress) would fall under freedom of expression which is covered by the declaration of human rights.
If we take away the right to decide how we dress (including not to dress at all), we effectively allow the government (or some other authority) to decide what clothes we’re supposed to wear. And as an extension, what books to read, what music to listen to (or create), etc. etc.
Very good point indeed! Thank you for that one; I hadn’t considered that point of view.
🙂