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Drawing a Hemline: Sexual Modesty and the Pursuit of Wisdom
Inside Catholic ^
| June 30, 2009
| Benjamin D. Wiker
Posted on 07/01/2009 10:48:42 AM PDT by NYer
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To: NYer
Dr. Wiker would be gratified by the policy at my university. Employees are prohibited from wearing anything considered revealing, no denim, no shorts, nothing with writing on it, and nothing that you would wear to a casual event like a sports event, with an exception for game days, when team shirts are allowed. Revealing clothing is considered actionable sexual harassment if it exposes curvature of the breasts, or the hem is so high that the wearer's hand, placed at the top of the knee sideways, doesn't reach up to the bottom of the hem. Unfortunately, they don't feel they have legal means to enforce on students, but it makes for a much more professional environment. To be honest, the occasional offender probably appreciates being taken aside and told, privately, to clean up their act.
To: OCC
I'm afraid she might be very guilty. You must be brave to judge the evidence. Remember - there is the presumption of innocence...
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posted on
07/01/2009 11:29:55 AM PDT
by
frithguild
(Can I drill your head now?)
To: frithguild
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posted on
07/01/2009 11:32:52 AM PDT
by
Jewbacca
(The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
To: Jewbacca
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posted on
07/01/2009 11:33:42 AM PDT
by
frithguild
(Can I drill your head now?)
To: NYer
The Naked Guy from Berkeley that the article talks about was a mentally ill nutcase who killed himself...
Ed
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posted on
07/01/2009 11:50:19 AM PDT
by
Sir_Ed
To: NYer
Virtues, virtues, virtues.
Modesty is one of them.
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posted on
07/01/2009 1:39:27 PM PDT
by
Salvation
(With God all things are possible.)
To: NYer
It is so silly for women to dress like sluts and then expect to be taken seriously and considered equals.
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posted on
07/01/2009 1:42:11 PM PDT
by
MEGoody
(Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
To: Salvation
“Virtues, virtues, virtues.
Modesty is one of them.”
Mystery, though not a virtue per se, is also enticing.
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posted on
07/01/2009 1:42:37 PM PDT
by
combat_boots
(The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Fili et Spiritus Sancti.)
To: MarineBrat
I said if you dont want people looking at it then dont hang it out there like a plumbers butt crack!I'll have to remember this line next time some lactating nazi gets upset because someone stares at her when she flops it out to breastfeed her baby.
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posted on
07/01/2009 1:44:50 PM PDT
by
MEGoody
(Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
To: Salvation
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posted on
07/01/2009 3:05:52 PM PDT
by
MissDairyGoodnessVT
(Mac Conchradha - "Skeagh mac en chroe"- Skaghvicencrowe)
To: Jewbacca
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posted on
07/01/2009 3:15:01 PM PDT
by
Marysecretary
(GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL!)
To: MEGoody
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posted on
07/01/2009 3:15:41 PM PDT
by
Marysecretary
(GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL!)
To: rednesss
I thought it was all because of Global Warming:
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posted on
07/01/2009 3:18:15 PM PDT
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dfwgator
To: Marysecretary
I shaved for the picture.
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posted on
07/01/2009 3:18:50 PM PDT
by
Jewbacca
(The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
To: Jewbacca
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posted on
07/01/2009 3:34:56 PM PDT
by
Marysecretary
(GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL!)
To: Jewbacca
God knew what he was doing when he created woman.
The "Go forth and multiply" thingy wouldn't have worked as well.
Great legs.
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posted on
07/01/2009 6:09:40 PM PDT
by
FatherofFive
(Islam is an EVIL like no other, and must be ERADICATED. Barack OBORTION is a close second.)
To: NYer
A man half-dressed in class will appear ridiculous to the women and disgusting to the men, an embarrassment rather than a source of temptation. But a woman immodestly dressed throws the young men into dry-mouthed confusion. If it were any other way, then selling-by-sex industries, from prostitution to advertising, would not be almost completely dominated by the immodesty of women directed to the insatiable sexual appetites of men.Benjamin D. Wiker 2009
Among women the nudity kills natural modesty; it takes from men their respect for women, and thereby destroys the prerequisite for any genuine culture. It is therefore expected of all police authorities that, in support of the spiritual powers developed through the national movement, they take all police measures to destroy the so-called nude culture.
Hermann Göring: 1933 Nazi edict
To: NYer
There are always two problems with these ‘call to modesty’ things:
1. Modesty is, to some degree, a social construct. For instance, I’m wearing pants right now (thank goodness). In Victorian England, I would have been considered a shamless hussy for wearing something that so revealed the shape of my lovely legs. Now, I’m just considered a chick in pants, ie. nothing to stare at. While there are some near-universally applicable standards, the actual definition and ‘limits’ of modesty are a bit nebulous.
2. If you’re female and reasonably attractive (or in some places, just female), you’re going to get stared at by the menfolk. No amount of sackcloth or garbage bags will completely disguise that you are A. female, and B. attractive. Unless you decide to wear a burqua, men are going to be sexually attracted to you, and probably not listen to a thing you say. If you wear a burqua, they’ll wonder why you’re walking around in a tablecloth.
I think it would really help the modesty movement’s cause if they stressed ‘appropriateness’ more. They get too carried away with the ‘thou shalt hide thy body from the eyes of men’ angle at the expense of the ‘that minidress is not a good choice for work because you are there to work and not flaunt your stuff’ angle.
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posted on
07/01/2009 6:42:26 PM PDT
by
CatInTheBox
(Protractor-Wielding Love Queen)
To: CatInTheBox
"men are going to be sexually attracted to you, and probably not listen to a thing you say."
Huh, what were you saying?? I dropped my pencil, can you pick it up for me?? :)
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posted on
07/02/2009 1:11:30 PM PDT
by
rednesss
(fascism is the union,marriage,merger or fusion of corporate economic power with governmental power)
To: Inappropriate Laughter
Oh give me a break! So anyone who has standards are Nazis?
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posted on
07/16/2009 9:50:59 AM PDT
by
Pyro7480
("If you know how not to pray, take Joseph as your master, and you will not go astray." - St. Teresa)
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