Posted on 02/25/2010 11:10:42 AM PST by ezfindit
Every time I walk through the mall I feel this stab of pain in my gut. It also happens in Target, Wal-Mart, the doctor’s office, the grocery store; it even happens in church. I don’t need medication for this pain. It’s not a disease – it’s grief. I’m mourning the death of modesty.
Last week I read the most perfect definition of modesty on the website for the Archdiocese of Washington. Msgr. Charles Pope wrote that “modesty is reverence for mystery.” I can’t imagine a better way to define it. And sadly, in our culture, the mystery is GONE. And with it has gone all reverence, dignity, and respect.
I’m just so sick of seeing women “on display” everywhere I go. It’s inescapable and it’s gotten trashy. I feel sorry for men today – at least the men who are attempting to be gentlemen. Men are visual creatures by design, and now the poor guys can hardly raise their eyes off their shoes without being confronted by half-naked women they’re then not supposed to look at. It’s more than inconsiderate; it’s irresponsible and disrespectful.
(Excerpt) Read more at conservativedatingsite.com ...
It must be asked, if regular women are dressing like prostitutes, what do prostitutes wear these days?
We have a Morgan High in the area and I hear tell that the opposing team’s cheerleaders liked to chant, “Big M, little organ!”
Or maybe it was the Morgan High cheerleaders, hmmm.
Sure is!
Pssst... how do I save pictures on this thing again??
"We don't smoke
We don't drink
Norfolk! Norfolk! Norfolk!"
Like H.S. boys need any additional suggestion like this. :-)
Pony up with the pics, pal...
“As a man I don’t mind this”
As a father, I do.
But be warned....some of the guys here will excoriate you!
When I was in junior high school, the girls wore . . . HOT PANTS!!!!
Modesty is over-rated.
Ask if there is a death of chastity that accompanies the death of modesty. Clothing today is different than in Victoria times — more of the body is seen — but are woman just as chaste? With the pill, probably not. Is sex used to sell almost everything, yes. Perpetual sexual arousal is what the advertisers want to see in children, to have them as a market share that keeps coming back. The movie Avatar, I’ve read, also attempts this seduction.
At any rate modesty shouldn’t be confused with sex. And the article is correct about the relationship between humility and wonderment.
My mom phrased it — leaving something to the imagination is much more interesting.
That should be for the bedroom.
[ SNIP - butt crack showing of woman walking down the street ]
mod·es·ty [mod-uh-stee]
1.the quality of being modest; freedom from vanity, boastfulness, etc.
2.regard for decency of behavior, speech, dress, etc.
3.simplicity; moderation.
Modesty is more that just dressing modest. Modesty is doing nothing that would draw attention to one’s self.
If we are driving expensive cars, living in Mcmansions, wearing expensive jewelry and designer clothing, how can we complain of someone else’s lack of modesty?
There are not words for pix like this one.
When my kids were in high school the hot pants were dramatically hot, partly because some of the figures were outstanding and partly because it was alot sexier with a bit left to the imagination.
“Men are visual creatures by design, and now the poor guys can hardly raise their eyes off their shoes without being confronted by half-naked women they’re then not supposed to look at. “
I’ve never looked at shoes, I couldn’t even tell you kf someone was wearing them!!!!
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