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How Catholics ought to dress (email from SSPX)
« Reply #10 on: June 20, 2015, 02:57:12 PM »
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One aspect I just realized -- that the miniskirt and pants are BOTH immodest and draw attention to things that shouldn't be emphasized.

That's why long tunic tops are a good idea.
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Pants show every curve, and their very design focuses attention on the groin.

That second aspect means that men shouldn't wear trousers either, or should wear some kind of tunic as well! Remember, men never used to wear trousers.

How Catholics ought to dress (email from SSPX)
« Reply #11 on: June 20, 2015, 03:19:06 PM »
Sorry to be so crass but men are far more "boob" oriented than"crotch" oriented.  Pure FACT.  Therefore the whole "ban on pants" argument is far less convincing than the ban on ladies wearing tight shirts/tops.  


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« Reply #12 on: June 20, 2015, 03:42:17 PM »
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Sorry to be so crass but men are far more "boob" oriented than"crotch" oriented.  Pure FACT.  Therefore the whole "ban on pants" argument is far less convincing than the ban on ladies wearing tight shirts/tops.  


You're right; you know more about the inner workings of men than I do -- even though I'm a man.

Seriously, though, I would answer that there are slight differences in what turns each man on -- but what they all have in common is that it's something physical -- some part of a woman's body. That's how men are wired. That is why it is important for women's clothing to to conceal, rather than reveal.

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« Reply #13 on: June 20, 2015, 04:02:37 PM »
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Sorry to be so crass but men are far more "boob" oriented than"crotch" oriented.  Pure FACT.  Therefore the whole "ban on pants" argument is far less convincing than the ban on ladies wearing tight shirts/tops.  


You're right; you know more about the inner workings of men than I do -- even though I'm a man.

Seriously, though, I would answer that there are slight differences in what turns each man on -- but what they all have in common is that it's something physical -- some part of a woman's body. That's how men are wired. That is why it is important for women's clothing to to conceal, rather than reveal.

Yes.  A woman does know the "inner workings of a man" better than men.  You betcha!  It is the reason men are so easily manipulated by women.  

I agree, with you and others, however that women should dress modestly.  I am saddened at the thought of how many times I was an "occasion of sin" for men some 10-15 years ago, for which I have repented, nevertheless the "curse of memory" still haunts me.  

I'm just not convinced that pants are immodest in as much as they are masculine.  I learned that long ago when I was in theatre.  If we were rehearsing for a "classic" play (Shakespeare, Ibsen, Chekhov, etc.) and we did not have a "rehearsal skirt" we were sent home.   The reason being that "in a skirt you will sit differently, you will walk differently, you will behave differently than if you are wearing pants."  In other words, you will "act" (pun intended) like a "Lady", not like a tomboy.  I wear skirts to this day because of what I learned in theatre.  

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« Reply #14 on: June 20, 2015, 05:21:25 PM »
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Yes.  A woman does know the "inner workings of a man" better than men.  You betcha!  It is the reason men are so easily manipulated by women.    


The majority of young women have no idea how a man's mind works so differently from a woman's. That is one reason why so many otherwise nice young ladies dress as they do. They dress to follow fashion and to turn a man's head, i.e. to to get attention for themselves, but they do not realise just what is going in the man's head. The book "Dressing with Dignity" goes into this.

That is interesting about the policy in the theatre, saintalice.