Moroccan women are also very concerned about how they look. Dirty or unkempt clothing and appearance is considered a sign of absolute poverty.

What a woman can and cannot (or should not) wear in public is much more regulated by social and cultural values than it is for men.

This is particularly true in rural areas where people tend to have stronger cultural beliefs and where traditional values still resist foreign influences.

Many Moroccans expect women to wear loose fitting clothes that cover as much of the body as possible. Traditionally a "decent" woman will only show her beauty to her husband; no one else.

Wearing anything that emphasis the female form is looked down upon. Moroccan people think that a person wearing such revealing clothing is either "easy", vulgar or perhaps even a prostitute.

Wearing make up or dying your hair attracts the same kind of criticism. Moroccans believe that trying to make yourself more attractive to men is not a "decent" thing to do. They also say that it is an unnecessary masking of the natural beauty of the woman.

Despite all of this, most modern Moroccan women will dress as they please (especially in the big cities). You'll see all types of western style clothing, everything from, wearing western style clothing You'll see women wearing tight shirts that reveal anything from the shoulder to the belly-button, short skirts etc...Most Moroccan women will not wear make-up during Ramadam.

Modern Moroccan women have it tough. On one hand, they attract admiration from women for having the guts to be progressive, while on the other hand they are scorned for breaking the rule and adopting "western decadence".

A lot of Moroccan men actually admire these modern women who don't dress modestly, albeit not for any contribution to the feminist cause.
They'll hiss, whistle and gaze at you if you are wearing any kind of western fashion. In return, the women just ignore them; dismissive of their old such old fashioned attitudes.