dear fb friends (esp the Christian ones),
i really have no desire whatsoever to see pictures of you in your swimsuits. you wouldn't post a picture of yourself in your underwear; why do you think a swimsuit is any different? and for those of you who would justify it by saying 'well mine is just a selfie. it's not like i'm showing my beach bod or anything,' it's still more than i want to see (or less than i want to see, whatever way you care to word that). and friend with a strapless bikini, with your waist up shots? i don't want to see that! also, have any of you thought once about your male friends? bad enough to do that to them at the beach. don't help the devil attack them on facebook, too.
posted by melilotnfosco | 5:14 PM
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Excellent point. I think those pictures are just as bad for me as they are for males sometimes -- although I suppose in a different way. They most definitely are not helpful for this comparer! Granted, the comparing is my own fault. But it's helpful to limit distractions anyway. I don't know, hard balance to find, I suppose. There was a meme I saw on Facebook once about some famous person's daughters getting ready to head out but showing too much skin. And their dad just told them that God's arrange the world so that the most valuable things are the most hidden. I liked that. :)
have you seen this: http://thesaltcollective.org/modesty-whensuitsbecomestumblingblock/ ?
:)
I admit. I enjoyed that.
i'm gonna have to say men with stubble and dress shirts with the sleeves rolled up, probably wearing khakis.
and, btw, the sexiest pictures in that article are lenny kravitz and gregory peck, also man who looks familiar who i can't place who's walking toward us (cuz he looks all intense)
:D And we wouldn't want men to stop wearing suits, now would we?
i'm feeling like this could get into a whole long discussion that you and i would be on different sides of.
the original thought here, though, is that i don't want to see these bathing-suited women. i actually hid that one friend from my timeline. she and i don't talk on there anyway, so why bother putting up with her near nudity.
Oh I know. I don't want to get into it either. There's enough contention in my life, I'm certainly not wanting more! :)
It just seemed like the "winking smile" thing to say.
I agree about the swimsuits. I have never been a fan of the bikini because it IS like a bra and underwear (sometimes less than what I would wear for a bra and underwear). One pieces are bad enough. I cover up until in the pool and my husband and children wear shirts until they are in the pool. For me it is a sign of the degradation of our society that modesty has gone completely out the window. But it's not just about bikinis, it's about constant sexualization of everything. There are women who can wear bikinis because that's what they feel comfortable in, who don't look half as "sexy" as women in one pieces who are posing in a way to attract men. I frankly don't even want to look at selfies where the person is fully clothed, but trying to look sexy. It makes me uncomfortable, and I don't think that is me being a prude, I think that is a natural response to desiring to see intimacy confined within a marriage relationship, which is where all the "sexy" should happen. The world shouldn't be one giant meat market.
An article I read recently about what I was talking about:
http://www.girldefined.com/christian-girls-post-seductive-selfies
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