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Re: So Sexy Isn't Offensive?
well... someone asked why I hadn't responded... I haven't been on since Friday... so this morning was the first time I had a chance to read and respond.
In regards to the men... you have to understand the setting I work in, it's quite different than a corporate setting. I work for a large University with a large Medical Center. Typically there is a line between the two entities, but in my job, it's blurred. I work in Cancer Research, therefore there are a smattering of graduate students, many that are foreign, who work on my floor. Not in my department or division, but on my floor. Also, the Medical Center departments enforce the dress code to the letter of the law. While the University is quite leniant and even ignores the same dress code policy for anyone receiving a check (which graduate research students do).
There are some of the young men in the research areas that wear shorts on the floor... which I don't approve of as a Christian. But none of this thread has to do with my convictions as a Christian, but in a business sense. I'm in management, shorts are against the rules. I don't allow shorts on my team... however my staff see other employees, under the same rules, not being forced to go home and change. So our HR policy is to not report them to HR, but that we are to go to the manager of the offending employee... which is what I do.
Now, another poster is to a small extent taking out of context what I said regarding t-shirts and denim jeans. They have no place here at work because they are against the dress code. But in society as a whole, there is a place for denim. I will wear them when working in my yard, or a quick run to a convenient store, etc.... but they are definately not my clothing of choice by any means.... oh, and I won't wear a t-shirt anywhere but at home. To me a t-shirt is an undergarment...way too casual for out in public... and that has nothing to do with conviction or being a Christian, just my feelings toward t-shirts in public.
His citing an earlier thread was where I was stating that society was way too casual, and that it did offend me (not as a Christian, but just as a person and it's inappropriateness) of people wearing jeans out to dinner, shopping, etc.
You folks have to understand... I had many of these feelings about dress and what is appropriate long before ever becoming Apostolic. I had issues with shorts, denim being worn too frequent, over casualness in appearance... and just overall people not knowing what is appropriate in a sophisticated society long before being a Christian.
Lastly... I am a fuddy duddy. I am an extremely serious person, and was long before ever being Apostolic. The dear brother that believes my demeanor is somehow a way to punish myself and is tied only to my walk as a Christian is really mistaken. I was like this long before even becoming a Christian. Even as a child, I didn't enjoy the things that most children found enjoyable as recreation. I would rather be working on chores any day and doing those types of things than playing like most of my friends. I preferred to wear suits and tie to church as a child, even when my dad has never worn a tie and my friends despised being placed in a suit. I would always beg my teachers to stay in at recess and work on extra assignments when in elementary school.... so it's really just the fiber of how I'm made.
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