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  1. Dec 2022
    1. Women should have the freedom of wearing what makes her feel good in, whether it is a sexy low-cut dress or a loose comfy t shirt.

      I personally think that the outfit depends on that person’s characteristic, not on how others would please.

    2. Like many Asian women, I have always been told numerous times by my parents to not wear revealing clothes or to cover up.

      Growing in Asian country, we are taught to dress appropriately and covers parts of our body, eventhough it is not ourselves.

    3. they are denying the big truth that sexual harassment or assaults is never the woman’s fault.

      This comforts me and Cindy about the fact that sexual assault is the because of women’s dress

    4. You were raped because of the way you dressed

      This reminds me of how my grand mom told me when I went to night hang out with friends to dress with outfit that cover most parts of my body so that it could be safer.

    1. The message went viral not because of my celebrity power as a Thai supermodel, but because of the many other women who felt the same as I did.

      Her celebrity power represents how this campaign uses Ethos to persuade and influence people’s thoughts by being more reliable and trustworthy with her credibility.

      I feel sad about how it shows that many women have faced with similar conflicts as her, but they choose not to stand out calling for their rights because of the embarrassment. I think it is not fair for women that need to keep it themselves.

    2. many Thai women report being groped or assaulted at the annual festival

      This part reflects how Thai society normalizes the sexual harassment cases happening to women in the society without thinking about how to manage and deal with men.

    1. There is the belief that some women deserve to be raped or sexually assaulted because of how she behaves or because of what she does to provoke a man.

      Is there any solution to solve this problem? How can the society educate men to control themselves not to rape?

    2. I never joined another Songkran party after that.

      It makes me feel displeased about leaving a trauma that will stay with a woman for a period of time, or maybe for all her life time

    3. This happens a lot to women during Songkran, to nearly 60 percent out of 1,650 women recently surveyed by the Women and Men Progressive Movement Foundation

      The problem happens to many women more than Cindy herself, but it is a sensitive topic and is the reason why most women try not to talk about it again.

    4. With the help of a few of my celebrity friends and many many more women all over the country, this created enough of a buzz and the level of visibility needed to catapult it into a proper social movement.

      Using the credibility and their characters to make the video more reliable and easy to influence people

    5. A pair of three-quarter length jean shorts and a black baggy t-shirt

      It doesn’t depend on the outfit she is wearing. The clothes she wore that day were not sexy and covered most part of their body, but still the men harassed her.

    6. They stood close to me, uncomfortably close. Suddenly I realized that there were about five of them, surrounding me and putting their hands all over me — down the front of my t-shirt, around my waist, on my backside, and between my legs.

      It illustrates the way men make women feel uncomfortable and make it a normal situation in the society. People don’t educate men to control and give respect to women, but they blame women and their outfit instead.