Have you noticed that as a general rule...men's clothing is more modest than women's? I wondered why and I decided to investigate. I believe this is by design in our society and our manufacturers and not by mistake or happen-stance.
I decided to measure the seams from the waist of Bobby's pants...and see if it was different in proportion from the seams in mine. Guess what I found? I didn't have a pattern to go by so I looked at the real garments. I do not like to write about immodest dress...I don't even like to think about that...but it is here and it needs desperately to be addressed. So...
I put the front waist and back waist evenly together and measured the seam from the back top of the waist to the crotch in Bobby's and then I measured the same with a pair of mine. Ladies, it was 3-5 inches difference from the waistline to crotch seam in his. Mine was only 1 inch difference, and some were only 1/2 inch and the short seam is at the back. Go and check out the difference in yours and your husband's. Do you know what that 3-4 inch difference in the back, does for the guys?
It lets their pants drape a little in the back area... instead of pulling tight across that area...and is a lot more modest. It isn't because his clothing is larger than mine. It is in relation to your own size and garment. This is a tricky little way that clothing manufacturers can make ladies' clothing more immodest and we may not even realize it! As one Christian lady put it...we may need to use a rear-view mirror to make sure we are in decent clothing. And...wear a long top.
There is a difference in people and in what inspires passion in them. Would you like to be the lady (or woman or whatever you call yourself) to be the one who caused a man to sin even by so simple a thing? (Matthew 5:28). You may not even know you did.
Society does not help us in our determination to dress in a modest fashion. It hinders it.
Society is not going to be our answer to the problem...It is the problem! But maybe longer tops that cover could be the answer to the problem because pants ARE comfortable and can be worn decently at appropriate times, and...at times they may be more decent than a dress...depending on what we are doing.
Society is not going to be our answer to the problem...It is the problem! But maybe longer tops that cover could be the answer to the problem because pants ARE comfortable and can be worn decently at appropriate times, and...at times they may be more decent than a dress...depending on what we are doing.
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