Re: What is the relationship between modesty and clothing?



On Jan 24, 11:01 am, David Bowie <db.n...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
dianaiad wrote:
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But when young women (and men) wear clothing that reveal certain areas
of skin, why are they doing it? To entice. To bring attention to
themselves, to say 'look at me, I'm desirable." In this case, belly
baring short skirts are anything BUT modest.Probable disagreement.

I should have been more careful. By that statement, I meant that when
young men and women IN THIS CULTURE (our western ones) do this, it is
in order to garner attention, to entice.

True, low rider jeans may well be more comfortable than the high cut
ones, and that may well be the only reason a girl might wear them--and
that's fine. What's her excuse, though, for wearing the top that only
comes to the middle of her ribcage? Is there any reason, that has to do
with comfort alone, for her to bare her entire midsection to the view
of all and sundry?

I don't think so. A top that covers her, er, 'top' is probably more
comfortable. Certainly it can be every inch as cool in hot weather, and
is far more likely to protect her from sunburn and skin cancer later.

There are certain cultures where a woman going entirely bare breasted
is not immodest. There are cultures where a man running around with
nothing on but a very long gourd perched in a strategic manner is
modest. Those cultures are not ours. In THOSE cultures, it could
actually be considered immodest to cover one's breasts. Who knows?

But in this culture, and most of the ones that we, as Mormons, interact
with, clothing and how we wear it is a very large part of who we are,
and how we signal our 'selves' to others. Whether we actually like that
idea or not---and also, whether we like it or not, it is what the other
guy thinks about what we wear that matters a great deal more than what
WE think about it, because he's who is getting and interpreting the
signals we are sending. That's one of the drawbacks of having a
culture.

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