Why What Women Wear Matters

[boymom]

"Dear women,
Follow more rules so I don't have to.
Sincerely,
Men."

[pastor's wife]

I liked your comment, Perry!

And, boymom, that sums it up so clearly and concisely!

[Persnickety Polecat]

I once heard an entire sermon preached on Mat. 5:28, "But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart."

No, wait, not the ENTIRE verse, just one word: WITH. The pastor insisted that if the man lusted after her, it wasn't the MAN'S sin alone but both of theirs because the Bible specified he'd committed adultery WITH the woman. So every woman who had ever been lusted after was an adulteress ... talk about having guilt heaped on your head for things you had literally no control over. And then add in the fact that some men will lust over you regardless of what you are wearing/doing/etc., and you're pretty much screwed (apparently literally, according to that pastor's interpretation).

So glad my boys aren't being raised in that woman-hating environment.

[WanderingTraveler]

(08-09-2012 08:51 AM)boymom Wrote:  "Dear women,
Follow more rules so I don't have to.
Sincerely,
Men."

Yup.
Pretty much what I got out of it.

[Persnickety Polecat]

(08-09-2012 04:28 AM)lucrezaborgia Wrote:  

(08-09-2012 03:49 AM)Historian Wrote:  Obviously what a woman wears does matter, and any woman who deliberately dresses provocatively is absolutely sinning.

What is provocative tho? Who decides that?

Exactly. I can get a LOT more attention from my husband while wearing one particular little flippy dress (that, I might add, would most likely pass in EVERY fundy U) than a pair of tight jeans and a stretchy tee. And then we can get into the fact that some men are leg men and are going to pay tons of attention to women wearing shorts while other men will totally ignore a woman in shorts because they're far more interested in what's up top ...

Provocative is absolutely relative.

[Tonx]

Screw this article. I'm showing off my new Zumba-ified body at the beach!

*dust cobwebs off* Hm, been a while since I've posted here...

[Phatchick]

Comic I made for a contest, it's the attitude that matters.

[phil]

(08-09-2012 09:14 AM)Persnickety Polecat Wrote:  I once heard an entire sermon preached on Mat. 5:28, "But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart."

No, wait, not the ENTIRE verse, just one word: WITH. The pastor insisted that if the man lusted after her, it wasn't the MAN'S sin alone but both of theirs because the Bible specified he'd committed adultery WITH the woman. So every woman who had ever been lusted after was an adulteress ... talk about having guilt heaped on your head for things you had literally no control over. And then add in the fact that some men will lust over you regardless of what you are wearing/doing/etc., and you're pretty much screwed (apparently literally, according to that pastor's interpretation).

So glad my boys aren't being raised in that woman-hating environment.

Look up "Good for the Goose" on the blog and there's a funny comic that has to do with that topic.

[phil]

(08-09-2012 11:17 AM)phil Wrote:  

(08-09-2012 09:14 AM)Persnickety Polecat Wrote:  I once heard an entire sermon preached on Mat. 5:28, "But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart."

No, wait, not the ENTIRE verse, just one word: WITH. The pastor insisted that if the man lusted after her, it wasn't the MAN'S sin alone but both of theirs because the Bible specified he'd committed adultery WITH the woman. So every woman who had ever been lusted after was an adulteress ... talk about having guilt heaped on your head for things you had literally no control over. And then add in the fact that some men will lust over you regardless of what you are wearing/doing/etc., and you're pretty much screwed (apparently literally, according to that pastor's interpretation).

So glad my boys aren't being raised in that woman-hating environment.

Look up "Good for the Goose" on the blog and there's a funny comic that has to do with that topic.

hopefully the link works
http://stufffundieslike.com/2010/05/double-standards/

[redbeardiam]

Very well said, Perry.