A modest proposal
Modesty protects. But we have cast it aside in favor of lust.
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Articles tagged Modesty
Sinead O’Connor vs. Miley Cyrus, and how to talk to teen girls about modesty
Miley Cyrus, who began her stardom with the innocent Hannah Montana, has recently descended into the mire of sexual exhibitionism to an extreme that has shocked even much of the lurid pop music industry. An interesting development in this ongoing saga however is the letter of another music star, Sinead O’Connor, which expresses her grief in a loving way. Sinead is no paragon of virtue by any means, in fact she's the one who famously ripped up the picture of Pope John Paul II, however she comes by her concern for Miley honestly, by having been used by the same […]
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Virgin: it’s not a dirty word
Millions of teenagers nationwide have chosen to remain virgins until marriage.
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People should ‘dress modestly’? That’s anti-abortion misogynist oppression!
Because a pamphlet on modesty doesn't mention abortion, it illustrates the “anti-woman and anti-sex roots of their hostility to” abortion, according to one commentator.
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Hockey star: ladies, honor God with the way you dress
A young hockey player for the University of North Dakota has an unusual message from the world of sports for women.
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Chocolate for Women
Finding a means to get across the suggestion for modesty in dress from men to women is a very difficult gap to bridge. The poetic form may be one such bridge. What do you think?
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Former ‘Top Model’ contestant: I stopped modelling to save my soul
Despite a successful career as a model in New York, Leah Darrow felt something was missing.
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High school girls and the duct-tape suspension
A bunch of Catholic high school girls in Windsor Ontario have garnered national media attention for wearing duct-tape shirts to a hockey game to cheer on their team. What’s of interest is that the school banned the duct tape outfits out of concern for “immodesty.” However, rather than institute a modesty policy to deal with immodesty the school made a rather ridiculous ban simply on duct-tape shirts. The girls who spent their one-day suspension giving numerous media interviews pointed out that they wore shirts under their duct-tape shirts and even cardigans over top to address the modesty concerns. So they […]
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