The Modesty Survey
For those who may not have heard, The Rebelution is hosting and facilitating a pretty revolutionary project: The Modesty Survey - Girls Ask: Guys Answer.
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Although I recommend that girls/women go first to their father/husband to ask questions concerning modesty, I've known many a girl who refuses to believe that what her father says is really true, they think he is just being "old-fashioned" or "restrictive." Not so. Modesty really does matter and we women have a responsibility before the Lord to protect our brothers in Christ by dressing in a way which is not provocative.Join other Christian young men and women in TheRebelution.com's new and exciting project: The Modesty Survey. The Modesty Survey allows any girl to submit anonymous, modesty-related questions to Christian guys and to receive (multiple) anonymous replies. It's the discussion you've always wanted to have."How tight is too tight for tops? Are jeans with holes in the thighs immodest? Is a purse worn with the strap diagonally across the chest a stumbling block? Are shirts with messages across the front distracting?"
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posted by Crystal Paine at 7:42 AM
5 Comments:
I also think that it is best for a girl to talk to her parents about modesty. But what some of the girls are dealing with is that they want to be more modest but their parents are pretty liberal in this area. This gives them a chance to hear a more conservative view of what is appropriate. On the other side of the coin I hope that those who have parents who are more conservative than the guys answering, will honor their parents guidance.
I have a bit of trouble with this asking guys thingy...I don't think it's wrong...
But to me dressing modestly is trying to be as pure on the outside as you try to be on the inside... to be as godly on the outside as you try to be on the inside... and if you're honest....
J
Oh what I was trying to say was: ask your heart not a guy
J
Modesty most definitely should begin in the heart, but the problem, J, is that our hearts are deceitful - and we have a lot of blind spots. I've learned a lot about modesty and the way guys think since being married and I wish that more young women could grasp this concept while they are young and that more parents would raise up their daughters to love and embrace modesty and femininity - for it is pleasing to God. We should seek, as women, to be a beautiful picture to the world of the Gospel of Jesus Christ - in everything we do. God has given us Christian brothers and sisters in Christ to help sharpen and encourage us in this regard.
I do think that talking about exactly what is modest and what is a stumbling block to our brothers in Christ is a good idea ... but I am just not sure that putting questions to these young guys and having them ponder them, think about them, wonder what exactly is a temptation to them is such a good idea.
I would hope that young men might only catch a glimpse of a girl in immodest clothing before turning away and not looking at her.
Perhaps these guys have never thought about or even noticed a girl wearing her handbag across her body with the strap tight across her chest. Since the question has been asked they will now be thinking about it and wondering if this is a problem for them (and perhaps causing a problem by imagining this scenario - get my drift?)
Of course there may be some young girls who they have a lot of contact with and who they simply cannot turn away from who dress immodestly.
Am I just being silly? I don't know but that was my first thought anyway.
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