Thaindian News

New Delhi/Kolkata, Aug 18 (IBNS) The 8th edition of bi-annual nation-wide opinion poll-‘State of the Nation’, conducted by CNN-IBN, IBN7 & IBN-Lokmat revealed most Indians support educational institutes banning students from wearing western clothes.

As per the poll results, 41 % of the respondents feel that there should be a dress code in public. While 69 % support educational institutes banning students from wearing western clothes, 62 % opposed to girls wearing western dresses in public places.

The poll findings clearly stated what the nation thinks when it comes to wearing western or traditional dresses of their choice. 72% of the respondents feel that traditional dresses like burqa is a symbol of suppression, while 49% respondents view a woman dressed up in revealing western clothes as having low moral values. The poll findings also stated that 96 % of the respondents blame media for promoting nudity and sexuality in the way people dress up.

Key findings of the Poll:

• 41% feel there should be a dress code in public

• 59% or 6 out of 10 feel people should be free to wear what they want

• 7 out of 10 in the North are against a dress code

• 53% in small towns feel there should be a dress code

• 69% support educational institutes banning students from wearing western clothes

• 31% don’t support educational institutes that ban students from wearing western clothes

• 38% find nothing wrong if girls wear western dresses in public places

• 62% opposed to girls wearing western dresses in public places

• 52% in the north support girls wearing western dresses in public

• Only 30% in the south support girls wearing western dresses in public

• 72% see traditional dresses like burqa as a symbol of suppression

• 28% don’t find burqa to be a symbol of suppression

• 6 out of 10 Muslim respondents saw burqa as a sign of suppression

• 50% feel its right to display our religion through our style of dressing

• 50% feel it’s wrong to display our religion through our style of dressing

• 57% Muslims and 49% Hindus feel it’s right to display their religion through dressing

• 62% in the South feel it’s okay to display religion through style of dressing

• 49% view a woman dressed up in revealing western clothes as having low moral values

• 51% don’t see woman dressed up in revealing western clothes as having low moral values

• 91% agree that TV and films influence the way people dress up

• 9% feel TV and films don’t influence the way people dress up

• 96% feel media is to be blamed for promoting nudity and sexuality in the way people dress-up