Recently, I have been thinking a lot about the relationship between how girls dress and how people think of them and treat them. (Maybe because of Halloween costumes.) So, I did some online searching and I found this article http://articles.familylobby.com/54-dress-standards-for-the-teenage-girl.htm. I was super surprised that people still think like the author of this article.
The article talks about the "modest" and "immodest" way for girls to dress and the consequences of their choices. One of the arguments is that dressing "immodestly" will lead boys to disrespect the girl (including rape) and will most likely lead to the loss of "purity"(virginity). Oh, and by "immodest" the author refers to jeans, tights, shorts, mini skirts, and any clothing that shows body shape or skin.
I have a hard time connecting the dots between how girls dress and the amount of respect they receive and their value as a person. First of all, "immodest" dressing, for me, is showing genitalia and "butt cheeks." (To a certain extent I believe women should have the same right to walk around topless, as men do.) Anyway, regardless of what women/girls wear I believe they deserve as much respect as anyone else does. No particular clothing item represents what a person value is nor if there "pure" or not nor whether they should respected or not.
It makes me mad that society makes it okay for a male to be disrespectful to a female just because of the clothes she is wearing.It shouldn't be that way, its that mentality that justifies men's rape violation of women. Also, just because a women wears shorts, or embraces her body shape does not mean she is more likely to lose her virginity than a girl who dresses "modestly."
What do you think?
I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU 100%! I also dont feel that females, like males should be allowed to wear w.e. they want. The whole guys can walk around shirtless but guys cant has always puzzled me. Especially when guys who could be considered as " not having succ a nie body" can get away with not wearing a shirt, and if a girl, who doesnt by societys standards have a " hot" body, wears something revealing people talk bad about her.
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