Comments on: Yay for modest teenagers

By: Lilith

Lilith — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I think there’s a time & place for everything, and also that since the teen years are traditionally a time to experiment and to “shock & outrage the elders,” usually it’s just a phase. Additionally, clothing styles have been judged differently in different historical periods & cultures - what might be considered “modest” today would have been utterly shocking in America during Puritan or Victorian times, and what might be considered “immodest” today would have been terribly overdressed in ancient Roman times or in most of the South Seas until the 20th century. It’s good that those kids are standing up for what they believe in, which is something I think should never go out of fashion, but it would be more impressive if they got 4,000 signatures on a petition that made a deeply-meaningful difference in people’s lives.

By: Wendi

Wendi — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

It means something to them if the only clothes they can find make them look and feel like tramps. Not everyone likes showing it all to the world, nor believes there’s “nothing wrong with it”.

By: DeAnn

DeAnn — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

That’s pretty awesome. It certainly is good to know that not all teens look up to Trashy Spears.

By: BtFR

BtFR — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Wendi’s point is well made Lil and I think that the desire to find clothing more suited to their tastes and feelings about modesty is MEANINGFUL to them. At least they have done something proactive for what they beleive in, how many of us can say that?

By: Lilith

Lilith — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I definitely support doing something proactive for what you believe in, and I think many of the people I know do that every day, in one way or another, just in raising kids or going to work.