Max (age 22):
Well, that's a hard question to answer, what is modest in my mind may not be modest for someone else and vice versa, if it's a non-Christian, my first thought is NOT that she is a slut or tramp, but more along the lines that she feels she needs to impress to get attention. She has been conditioned that she has to dress this way to get the attention she needs. This has been formed by the friends and peers and social pressures. If she is a Christian I tend to think more defensive, a sister is not doing me any favors by craving such attention or making a good impression on her character. Again that's hard to pin down exactly what is modest vs immodest, which is another topic altogether.
Garrison (age 22):
When I see a girl dressing immodestly It looks like she is either so confident in how she looks that she can't wait to show it off to the world, or that she's trying to get men to notice her because she needs the attention.
Adrian (age 22):
In my eyes, it means two things. 1.) My eyes will be tempted to look at her lustfully. 2.) It comes off as a way for girls to get a guy's attention. I, as a young Christian man, am to always to be on guard against sexual immorality (Matthew 5:27-28). And Jesus says that any man that looks at a woman with lust has already commuted adultery in his heart. I know no one forces my neck to turn and check out a girl, but men are designed differently in the way we can be stimulated by sight alone. In the church it's a stumbling block to Christian men when a girl dresses immodestly. Right now, modern women's clothing trends encourage the use leggings, which reveal too much of the female anatomy. Moreover, it's been argued that women use the apparel they wear as empowerment or as an expression of individuality. On the other hand of wearing immodest clothing, it can attract the wandering eyes of young men, many of whom struggle with self-control. I do believe that clothing has an influence on who or what type of people we attract. Is it counterfactual to hypothesize that immodest dressing attracts immodest thoughts, immodest men, or immodest behavior? I think women ought to be careful what type of attention they attract. On our account, I believe it's also the man's responsibility to practice self-discipline, taking measures to avoid looking at such women lustfully. If a girl chooses to reveal her flesh for the sake of attracting a man's attention and she gets it, it also reinforces the pattern immodest behavior. How can a girl surrender (lose) her self-respect to gain the respect of a man? I acknowledge that different women will claim that they seek empowerment, confidence, and self-expression. Consequently I think it's deceptive to think you may gain any of these. Even though your immodest attire may be pleasurable and make you feel desired, it comes with price of sin and separation from God. I'm not saying it's entirely up to women whether men have sexual thoughts, yet if they practiced modesty it would help reduce those impulses and passions. I don't think there's anything that we can do in our own power that will eradicate this problem. Only Jesus, through the transformation of our hearts and renewal of our minds, can do that.
immodestly. Right now, modern women's clothing trends encourage the use of leggings, which reveal too much of the female anatomy. Moreover, it's been argued that women use the apparel they wear as empowerment or as an expression of individuality. On the other hand of wearing immodest clothing, it can attract the wandering eyes of young men, many of whom struggle with self-control. I do believe that clothing has an influence on who or what type of people we attract. Is it counterfactual to hypothesize that immodest dressing attracts immodest thoughts, immodest men, or immodest behavior? I think women ought to be careful what type of attention they attract. On our account, I believe it's also the man's responsibility to practice self-discipline, taking measures to avoid looking at such women lustfully. If a girl chooses to reveal her flesh for the sake of attracting a man's attention and she gets it, it also reinforces the pattern immodest behavior. How can a girl surrender (lose) her self-respect to gain the respect of a man? I acknowledge that different women will claim that they seek empowerment, confidence, and self-expression. Consequently I think it's deceptive to think you may gain any of these. Even though your immodest attire may be pleasurable and make you feel desired, it comes with price of sin and separation from God. I'm not saying it's entirely up to women whether men have sexual thoughts, yet if they practiced modesty it would help reduce those impulses and passions. I don't think there's anything that we can do in our own power that will eradicate this problem. Only Jesus, through the transformation of our hearts and renewal of our minds, can do that.