The blessed middle way

There have been a disquietingly high number of instances of assault — women assaulted by men — in the United Kingdom. This horrible problem has risen significantly in step with our open borders approach to immigration (despite government rhetoric telling stories of a 'tough' approach). 

Mainstream thinking in British society — our mainstream media, and our churches too — is very favourable toward immigration, and those who express concern about lack of assimilation into British culture, and lack of funds to support our new residents, meet a loud chorus of insults ('racist thugs', 'white supremacists', etc etc)

But the same liberal thinking that welcomes people from overseas without any cultural differentiation, also advocates for what trans rights have become (a very different thing from the approach I unhesitatingly supported just five or six years ago), and for the kind of feminism that calls masculinity (especially white masculinity) toxic, and insists that it is a woman's right to appear in public dressed however she pleases.

It doesn't take a very discerning mind to see a cultural conflict here. 

I personally would feel relieved to see a more level playing field in British justice and policing, better protection against assault for the indigenous population, and some restraint imposed on immigration. I think diversity can be a strength, but certainly isn't always. It depends on who's in the mix.

And I am deeply concerned about the evidence of video footage of British girls out on the town on a Saturday night being used to invite new residents whose culture has a very different expectation of how respectable women should appear in public.

But I — again, personally; I am well aware of how vehemently others disagree — also feel that some British fashions are both imprudent and inconsiderate.

So we have two extremes, don't we? On the one hand we are eagerly importing large numbers of people who would like to impose such standards of dress as we see in this video.

On the other hand, we see young women out and about in the town centre dressed like this.

Even though I understand it enrages the feminists and is taken for misogyny — yes, even so — I would like to advocate for a blessed middle path. 

I don't mind women in trousers (I sometimes wear trousers myself) but I would be most grateful to be treated to a vista of other people's personal anatomy that is altogether less pronounced.

I don't want to be veiled — I'll be relieved if both the burqa and the niqab continue to adorn only a minority of people in my country. I'll be horrified if either becomes mandatory.

But in consideration of those who have always lived here and those we have invited in, I think dress that is not provocative and doesn't flaunt the most private details of one's body parts would be a good path to choose.