Comments on: Molly’s Modesty http://www.iheartdavids.com/2008/05/mollys-modesty/ It helps me to say these things aloud, I think. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:55:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: admin http://www.iheartdavids.com/2008/05/mollys-modesty/#comment-1633 admin Tue, 06 May 2008 21:43:29 +0000 http://www.iheartdavids.com/2008/05/mollys-modesty/#comment-1633 Yeah, I said it was kind of weird. Thanks for articulating the weirdness. I guess in my opinion I see these young girls today with "less than perfect" figures and I think of them. When a 14 year-old has an unsightly innertube/muffin top because fashions dictate an exposed midriff, I think Molly's little coverups might be helpful. But then again, who am I to say a muffin top on a 14 year-old is unsightly? That's not helping anyone. Yeah, I said it was kind of weird. Thanks for articulating the weirdness.

I guess in my opinion I see these young girls today with “less than perfect” figures and I think of them. When a 14 year-old has an unsightly innertube/muffin top because fashions dictate an exposed midriff, I think Molly’s little coverups might be helpful.

But then again, who am I to say a muffin top on a 14 year-old is unsightly? That’s not helping anyone.

]]> By: Stew http://www.iheartdavids.com/2008/05/mollys-modesty/#comment-1631 Stew Tue, 06 May 2008 19:07:24 +0000 http://www.iheartdavids.com/2008/05/mollys-modesty/#comment-1631 There's something about the site that bothers me. Not the clothes; they're cute and fine. It's the agenda behind the site that I'm not so agreeable about. Nothing is wrong with being modest in your dress. It's the way I roll by default. But *encouraging* excessive modesty as a value in itself smacks of paternalism (even coming from a female designer...). Bodies are bad and something we should be ashamed of. Sewing sleeves on sleeveless dresses?? What, is a little upper arm going to turn a girl into Slutty McSlutterson? Does the skin that covers the humerus hold magical powers to turn men into raging rapists? This does a disservice to both men and women. Every part of a woman's body is sexual, and we MUST COVER UP AT ALL COSTS! Oops. Rubbed me the wrong way. Ah well, nobody ever claimed I was without opinions. There’s something about the site that bothers me. Not the clothes; they’re cute and fine. It’s the agenda behind the site that I’m not so agreeable about.

Nothing is wrong with being modest in your dress. It’s the way I roll by default. But *encouraging* excessive modesty as a value in itself smacks of paternalism (even coming from a female designer…). Bodies are bad and something we should be ashamed of. Sewing sleeves on sleeveless dresses?? What, is a little upper arm going to turn a girl into Slutty McSlutterson? Does the skin that covers the humerus hold magical powers to turn men into raging rapists? This does a disservice to both men and women.

Every part of a woman’s body is sexual, and we MUST COVER UP AT ALL COSTS!

Oops. Rubbed me the wrong way. Ah well, nobody ever claimed I was without opinions.

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