Gather around people, wearing shorts and having boyfriends are the benchmark of modernism.

You're trying to act sarcastic but you're Unironically right.

In a progressive society where women aren't stared at, assaulted and slut-shamed for wearing shorts, more and more women will be comfortable wearing them. That's a fact.

Nobody questions men wearing western outfits, so most of them do roam around wearing western clothes, instead of Kurta pajamas.

Having freedom to wear whatever they want and dating culture are benchmark of modernism.

Dating culture gives space for personal relationship growth, learning about opposite sex, requires personal effort rather than depending on mommy and daddy to get you a spouse of same caste like in arranged marriages.