Streetwalkers Everywhere
November 22, 2011
J.N., who is a man, writes in response to this entry:
I’d really appreciate it if women would start raising fashion standards among other women, especially in church. Many women dress modestly, but there are some who come to worship God in very short skirts and tight, thin, low-cut blouses. And it’s not just the young ladies doing it — I’ve seen middle-aged mothers dress this way, too. They have no concern that all the godly men of the church avert their eyes as they walk past, and their husbands and fathers are either oblivious or unable to control them. Perhaps these women are sincerely unaware of the effects of their immodest dress, but it’s difficult for a man to raise the issue because it makes him appear carnally minded. Somehow we have come to the point where a man has all responsibility and a woman has none. At times, I feel like addressing the situation directly by saying, “Good morning, Miss X. Great legs!”, or “Hello, Mrs. Y. Nice rack!” Of course it would cause a scandal, but wouldn’t it be an honest response to the assets clearly put on display?
Laura writes:
Many women are sincerely oblivious to the effects they have when they dress this way and are unconsciously driven – it’s almost a survival instinct at work – to display their feminine assets when there is little room to display femininity in more significant ways, when their identity as women is highly uncertain and confused. While it’s true that an egalitarian culture elevates any form of vulgarity, and has no principles at all with which to condemn vulgarity, I also tend to think of this nakedness as a form of hysteria, a psychological reaction to the unraveling of sex distinctions. Femininity has been reduced to its lowest common denominator.
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J.N. writes:
Yes, I can believe that many women are oblivious and wear what they wear simply because it is “normal” fashion in our society. My wife must order clothes for our three daughters from special catalogs because nothing modest can be obtained from stores anymore. All we’re looking for are conventional styles that were worn only a few decades ago.
