I WAS at a café the other day when I came across a young lady in her mid-20s – she was standing next to a table occupied by her friends with her tummy pushed against the back of the chair and her buttocks pushed outwards.

Part of her buttocks with her blue G-string in between those rosy bums and not forgetting her pretty long legs screamed for attention in the middle of the crowded café.

Looking at her, I felt embarrassed. So, I tried focusing on the reading material I brought along. It did not work. I suppose ‘The Word is Flat’ isn’t as interesting as the curvy sight my eyes yearned to visit. And no matter how much I tried, somehow, my eyes kept landing back at the same blue G-string, over and over again.

I looked around and realised some other customers had their eyes glued on her bum as well – men and women alike. Some were annoyed based on the looks on their faces, some frowned while some were indulging themselves with the ‘free show’ staged for everyone to see.

I wondered if the young lady realised what a ‘star’ she had become in the café.

“Perhaps the poor young lady should be informed about her visible G-string,” I thought.

Just as the thought occurred, I saw her hands reaching for her super mini skirt, pulling it down to cover her bum. She then slides both her palms down her skirt a few times, checking if her rosy bums were fully covered.

Clearly she knew how short her mini skirt was.

After a few series of palm sliding down the bum, she’d once again push out her buttocks and lean against the chair, making everyone’s eyes go bonkers.

I left the café after some time and made my way to the escalator of the mall. As I stood before stepping onto the escalator, once again my eyes discovered two bums rising above.

The higher the escalator brought them, the more visible the colours of their panties were. I shook my head.

Looks like G-strings and rosy bums can be found everywhere these days – as long as there are women who prefer dressing scantily, these ‘free shows’ come aplenty.

These women claim it is their right to wear anything they please, no matter how indecent and embarrassing it is for others to see. However, at the same time, others don’t appear to have the right to look at whatever they have publicly exposed.

Try bulging your eyes at an indecently dressed woman and you may get yelled at or even worse have their boyfriend break your nose.

“This is my body and I wear whatever I want to wear. But don’t you dare look at me or else…!” seems to be the message.

Ridiculous.

The thing is, we dress up for comfort and to be well presented in public. If one chooses to present themselves in a sexy manner, why then make a fuss when people ‘happily enjoy’ your choice of attire?

But if having people ‘happily enjoy’ your sexy look makes you uncomfortable, why dress in such a way at all?

Today, we live in a world where perverts masturbate in shopping malls, fondle body parts of naked mannequins, rub themselves inside occupied cabs and splash semen on people buying groceries. This perverts are lurking around us, hitting even on women who are decently dressed.

And at the same time, we still have women going about showing off their G-strings!

I don’t know about you but I think some people have got their priorities all wrong.

Yes, sexily dressed women may not be asking to be harassed or raped. And they should not be harassed or raped based on their choice of attire. But then again, respect goes both ways – if you expect others to respect you despite your decision to flash your blue G-string and rosy bums for everyone to see, you should also start respecting yourself and make sure your safety comes first – and not your fashion sense. – August 31, 2017.

* Fa Abdul is a passionate storyteller and a resident agitator of the idiots in society. Well-known for her straight-talking sarcasm and occasional foul mouth, she juggles between her work as a writer, producer and director.

* This is the opinion of the writer or publication and does not necessarily represent the views of The Malaysian Insight. Article may be edited for brevity and clarity.