Wednesday, July 23, 2014

modesty

once in a while i get really, really tired of reading books for girls or articles by christian people about modesty in girls.
not because i'm not a christian or that i have no modesty and just want to flaunt my body for the sake of the world (or the male gender's) attention.
but because many of these articles and books condemn girls for dressing "immodestly" and not "honoring god" with there clothes and causing men/boys to stumble.
and since there's no hard and fast rules in the bible about how much skin you can show before you're 'immodest' and since what is 'modest' is largely socially fluid, i often become quite frustrated.
also here is a satirical article that pretty much sums up what i think about the general idea of forcing women to "modestly"
http://thesaltcollective.org/modesty-whensuitsbecomestumblingblock/

and also this one, which is not at all satirical in nature and was actually quite good.
http://thesaltcollective.org/modesty-whensuitsbecomestumblingblock/

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