Should women be judged by their clothes?

After the provocative and ambiguous statements passed by the ministers in India and ban on burkini in France this is once again a burning issue and I guess it will continue to be debated for many years to come.

"We are land of customs and traditions." "Everyone should respect the nation's culture." "Women should not move out of their houses late at night wearing short dresses."

This is what they say, right?

But tell me one thing..

Will you respect any of those customs and traditions?

Will you follow such customs that don't offer freedom to almost half of our society?

Does it seriously give you any sort of pride feeling about the country?

Is this the equality and freedom they claim to provide to every citizen of the country?!

I remember the incident, whose victim Gauhar Khan, Indian actress, was slapped on a live television show by the man in the audience who felt being a Muslim woman she should not wear such revealing clothes, her dress was too short.

I was shaken up by the incident when I heard about it! This is very unfortunate truth that people get highly obsessed with the women wearing short dresses, even now.

I wear full sized clothes rather than wearing short skirts because I feel confident about myself in it. That is my comfort area, my style. If you would ask me to wear those short skirts, I won't.. coz I simply don't feel comfortable in it. Then how can you expect other women to move out of there comfort area just to please everyone. 

Even if I do follow those "customs" and "traditions", many men will still make judgment about my personality calling me whore. They'll not stop.

Studies have shown that your clothes reveal what's upto your mind, your thoughts, your feelings. I agree. But don't judge women solely on their appearances. There's much more that makes the difference. You can tell what she's upto for that moment, but you can't judge her whole character. 

Everyone has the right to feel comfortable in their clothing, without being judged. If a girl is confident about herself, do not take that away by naming her slut or attention seeker or whore. 

'We are the modern day feminist who don't give anyone the right to choose what type of women we are. We don't dress up to impress anybody. We own our skin, we own our freedom, holding the right to be treated equally in all aspects. No custom or tradition is made bound us. This is the society's created ideology that speaks.
It's more about mental freedom than physical freedom. We deserve to be mentally free!'