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sabina
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 Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 8:16 am Post subject: clothing question |
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I was just thinking about this......as a teacher, do any of you feel like you have an obligation to dress conservatively all the time?
My boss mentioned to me that it is considered vulgar/indecent for a gal to show her shoulders, effectively ruling out my entire summer non-work wardrobe. I'd hate to bump into her downtown while in a sundress.
I don't live in a huge city, so there is always the possibility of running into a student or their parents. I don't want to get "caught" looking like a street walker, but I also don't want to wear a sweater set when I go out in the evenings with my friends. |
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Shonai Ben
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| Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 8:23 am Post subject: |
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| how you dress outside the classroom is your business....... |
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Apsara
Joined: 20 Sep 2005
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Location: Tokyo, Japan
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| Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 1:13 pm Post subject: Re: clothing question |
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| sabina wrote: |
I was just thinking about this......as a teacher, do any of you feel like you have an obligation to dress conservatively all the time?
My boss mentioned to me that it is considered vulgar/indecent for a gal to show her shoulders, effectively ruling out my entire summer non-work wardrobe. I'd hate to bump into her downtown while in a sundress.
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That would be a very conservative view point. Plenty of younger women in Tokyo at least wear tanktops in summer, and I'm pretty sure youwould see the same in smaller cities as well, although you don't see so many people over 40 or so with bare shoulders anywhere here. The only thing you have to watch is strong air-conditioning in trains and buildings, meaning you need to carry something warmer to put on pretty much all the time or you can freeze. Depending on where in Japan you're going though that might not be such an issue this summer- in the Tokyo area at least there's probably going to be a lot less use of AC than usual this year because of the electricity shortfall.
Some girls in their 20s wear short shorts, but you see them less here than where I'm from (NZ). The one thing you don't really see is any midriff at all- I wouldn't worry about tanktops on your days off though, go ahead and wear what you like. |
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move
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| If you're in a small town people are gonna stare at you anyway, might as well bust out the fishnets and clear heels. |
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Sweetsee
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Denizen
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| Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 10:42 pm Post subject: |
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| When in Rome... |
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Sweetsee
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| Total. Is it safe to say that everyone that looks like a hooker here is one? |
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OneJoelFifty
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| Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 6:59 am Post subject: |
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| From what I've seen, as a girl you can confidently show as much leg as you want (hot-pants all year round!), some shoulder and a bit of back in the summer, but rarely any cleavage. The Japanese tendency is to dress towards cute and girly rather than sexy. |
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