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This is truth that modern culture can’t handle. Modesty safeguards morality. When one goes, so does the other. That’s just the way it works.
The Alinsky is strong with this author.
If he was a mullah, this wouldn’t be news.
Just as men need to be loving, gentle and respectful of women, women need to be respectful, modest and loving towards men.
Dressing provocatively?
Pffft...look around, women dress like men these days or they throw on some pants with holes in them and they think that is attractive?
Sorry, aint buyin it.
I suppose a burqua and walking 10 paces behind her husband might help.
I expect this to show up as a question for Alabama Senate candidates.
The media will have fun with this one. Their goal to derisively mock any who dares to answer honestly.
Put em in Burkas! (HUGE sarc)
According to the liberal paradigm of victimhood his argument should be solid.
In a world where personal responsibility matters, not so much.
Sounds rather Talibanish to me.
This is why Fundy Muslims demand women wear burkhas.
I guess it come down to just how provocative, no?
But as part of making such statements publically, perhaps the “Pastor” should also write about how his pronouncements are different from Islam.
This is the type of stuff, like Todd Akin back 4-5 years ago, that separates conservatives and their more libertarian allies and is used by the Left to smear us all.
There is a middle ground, and in this case it contains the answer.
Dressing provocatively has an effect. That is the whole point of dressing that way. Dressing provocatively in any way is not “assault”. Words have meaning, and calling a woman’s attire “assault” is a New Speak redefinition and misuse of a word that is needed.
On the other hand, there is a lot of value and virtue in dressing appropriately. A woman has a much better chance of being treated as a professional if she is dressed as a professional - not as a woman from the oldest profession. A woman has a much better chance of being thought of as an equal if she dresses in a manner that is flattering but appropriate and modest. When on a date, “appropriate” is different from in the work world, but it’s still different from the extremes of “provocative”.
Not helpful. A stones throw away from “she was asking for it”.
CC
Did Elmer Gantry just show up???
I saw a nekkid woman and was involuntary stimulated! RAPE!!!
I’m not complaining.....
I hope this little snowflake never goes to the beach. It might put him in the hospital.
At the biological level, he is right. That is, like many animals, female humans are *compelled* to “display”, and males are *compelled* to pay attention to those displays.
You might even imagine David Attenborough nature show narration for it.
However, human have, or had, a very good means of overcoming this biological imperative. That is, socially enforced marriage. It gives advantages to women, men and definitely to their children.
Males are compelled to want to distribute their DNA to as many offspring, by as many females, as possible. Females are compelled to both get the best male DNA for their offspring, *as well as* the best “provider male” to help her raise them.
Socially enforced marriage advantages the male by helping to insure his children are his. It advantages his wife, by helping to insure that her husband remains to help her raise them. And the children benefit a lot.
But marriage *must* be socially enforced. That is, everyone must agree to keep their hands off married couples, to the point that even cheating is strongly discouraged.
It does create requirements. The first is that before marriage, females must be protected from rogue males, because this could interfere with her loyalty to her husband, and also her ability to bear children.
Yet socially enforced marriage has two weak points. The first is the dowry, in which a bride is sold to her husband. This means there is no mutual attraction, and often a poor age match between the two. Not good for producing children.
The second is when society refuses to enforce the marriage. It makes the couple a target to sexual interlopers, makes it easy to divorce, and otherwise fouls the system.
Oh, good. Finally, I can be a victim.