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Re: Modesty Myth
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Originally Posted by MissBrattified
If there is an achilles heel of some of our traditional teachings on modesty, it is that it can condition men to view women who are immodest (using subjective modesty standards) as worthy of their disrespect. They sort the ladies from the rest by a cursory assessment of their appearance, and behave accordingly. That is a problem in the male psyche; not the female. It's particularly problematic when their filter is based on traditional Apostolic modes of dress, since there are plenty of ladylike ladies who wear secular clothing. Okay, maybe "plenty" is overstating it these days, but still...  What I want for my son is for him to be a gentleman and Christian at all times--even to a prostitute who is actively "asking for it." |
I think this is a very good point. I think that the teaching that women who dress immodestly are looking for sex is erroneous. It's mostly just the men who think they are.
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