[nickcarraway]

ping

[agite rem mente]

It's strange - go to the beach and see all the girls in scanty bikinis and all the men and boys have on knickers (swim suits) almost below their knees.

[nickcarraway]

A RETURN TO MODESTY: Discovering the Lost Virtue by Wendy Shalit

[Robert DeLong]

Unfortunately it will never turn around until the men turn it around, which of course, is probably not likely to happen.

[Capitalist Eric]

A good article. At 36, I've just finished after returning to school to finish a degree, and I admit I was disgusted, after only a short time, with the way young women dress...

God knows, I hope modesty and femininity come back soon. Or, when I decide to get back on the dating scene, I'll have to do it with passport in hand.

The contemporary dating scene usually consists of fat, sloppy women in hip-hugger pants with 15 pounds of "my cup runneth over," a bolt through the nose that makes you wonder if they whistle when they sneeze (?), and a tattoo across the back of the pelvis that looks suspiciously similar to a wide load sign...

I like "ladies," not just women. Talking trash and looking trashy are not just a turn-off, but downright revolting.

Here's hoping for a positive change...

[gcruse]

Girls should be obscene and not heard.

[Mr. Mojo]

At a time when exposed midriffs....

I have an exposed midriff as well. Unfortunately, it's not intentional.

[NewRomeTacitus]

Tattoos used to mean "permanent reminders of temporary insanity." Now they serve as an STD early warning system.

[boris]

Sometimes they go overboard. My friend's eldest daughter attends a public high-school with a "zero tolerance" rule for bare midriffs. In the library, she reached up to take a book from a high shelf--and exposed skin briefly around the midriff. Whammo--detention for her, no arguments.

Me, I think it unfair.

--Boris

[GrandMoM]

bump

[Mamzelle]

Newest trend--wearing low-rise jeans with a high-rise thong underwear--a "Y" sign from behind.