Mom pleads with Notre Dame female students to stop wearing leggings, sparks

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I think that anybody who blames poor behavior by one sex on what the opposite sex is wearing needs to grow up, expect their children to grow up, and teach their children/young adults to practice custody of the eyes.
 
From what I understand of woman’s fashion, woman don’t wear anything to impress/attract men. Men might look but, let’s be honest, they were going to look anyway. I think the article is click bait used to gin up controversy and increase interest in the paper.
 
I would not say that.

Of course people dress in order to look attractive when they are single and when they are married (there is one sweater that I just LOVE on my husband!!).

Leggings are no more or less “modest” than other clothes. The leggings + tunic is literally my uniform. While I might wear sports leggings and a sports top for exercise, I would not wear it to Mass. I’d also not wear my swimming suit to Mass.

This lady sounds like she is not very happy. I hope she finds some joy!
 
I think your take on it falls short. Not everyone will be told to do the right thing. Also, not everyone who is told to keep custody of the eyes will be able to do so, especially when they are presented with such an overt temptation.

Once, a man who I wouldn’t consider religious, after a day of working outside told me that we shouldn’t leave our tools sitting where they may be visible. I said to him that the tools weren’t really accessible for anyone to steal, even though they were visible from the sidewalk. He said to me, I don’t want to be the one who causes someone else to fall in a moment of weakness if I can help it. He talked me into putting a little bit more effort into stowing our things away from view.

Ever since then I’ve kept that bit of wisdom in mind. And I see that it can apply here also. There is no call to put so much pressure on the opposite sex, completely ignoring the effect that skin tight leggings on young women have on young men. Just to say, I’ll where what I want, and the young men must not look. Ridiculous.

It’s not the same as a swimsuit, they have a purpose. Leggings worn by themselves outside of any context have no purpose other than being fashionable.
 
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1Lord1Faith said:
Leggings worn by themselves outside of any context have no purpose other than being fashionable.
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Really? The purpose they serve for me is to cover my body from the waist down, protect it from the elements, protect people from seeing my aging saggy skin, keep me from getting scratched by woodenbenches or by rocks. They wear like iron, they are affordable, do not fade, they can take me from work to a fancy dinner to walking the hospital halls. I don’t have to worry about wrinkles or broken zippers. They really are a great utilitarian garment!

Tunics and leggins never go out of style. They are good in all seasons.
 
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It’s not the same as a swimsuit, they have a purpose. Leggings worn by themselves outside of any context have no purpose other than being fashionable.
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I’ve seen them worn in a way that leaves little to the imagination. And I’ve seen them worn pretty much as pantyhose under a modest dress or tunic, on a cold day.

The garment is neutral. It can be worn with modesty or without. Just, in fact as a dress can be fashionable and modest… or not, if it’s unbuttoned too far down. Modesty is an attitude, not a garment.

The fact is that in today’s secular world, not everyone will be dressed modestly. It behooves us as parents, especially we fathers, to teach our kids custody of the eyes, hopefully by our own example. No leering, no porn, fidelity to our wives, etc.
 
TheLittleLady said:
Tunics and leggins never go out of style. They are good in all seasons.
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We aren’t talking about tunics. We’re talking about wearing tights, yoga pants, leggings, whatever you want to call them, alone, without anything to cover them.

It should be obvious to anyone who’s been out and about in the last ten years that tights themselves aren’t the issue. The issue is wearing the tights by themselves, outside of the gym, as a fashion piece. First of all, most women can’t pull it off. Second, the ones who can pull it off usually don’t wear anything like a long shirt, or tunic to be modest.

I really don’t need to see the outline of some woman’s cookie while I’m picking up my kids from a Catholic school. There’s always someone wearing those things, and sometimes I don’t mind the display, but too many times I just feel embarrassed for the woman who must think that they look good in tights.
 
OraLabora said:
It behooves us as parents, especially we fathers, to teach our kids custody of the eyes, hopefully by our own example. No leering, no porn, fidelity to our wives, etc.
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That’s good for our sons. But what do we teach our daughters about how they dress? Is it only up to the boys to keep custody of their eyes while women wear what they please?

I agree that teaching kids about this stuff is important. I’m glad to see the mother in this article speaking up about it.
 
I guess people dress differently around here. You will see people at the gym or out running wearing sports leggings and a sports bra, but, other than that, people wear tops (blouses, T shirts, sweaters, tunics, etc.) when they wear leggings.
 
A top down to one’s knees would be a dress. People do wear dresses with leggings under them, that seems to be popular in the winter.
 
I see women all the time wearing leggings with shirts that do not go past their waist. On every occasion, I do not want to see that much of someone. In many cases, people are not at the gym. Please spare me the reality of seeing how much you weigh.

I just had this conversation with my husband recently. Neither of us like seeing women in leggings. If people want to say they wear them because they are comfortable and warm, why are they only seen on women? Don’t men want to be warm or comfortable too? (Not that I would want to see that either…😳 )
 
I am sure this article went over about as well as a lead balloon, that’s what I think. I have yet to meet a girl who takes kindly to someone who tells her she is dressed…like someone who likes to sleep around a lot.
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Lol Watch out- I’ve heard “meggings” might become a thing 🤢
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Why not, they already came out with romphims…

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Irishmom2 said:
If people want to say they wear them because they are comfortable and warm, why are they only seen on women? Don’t men want to be warm or comfortable too? (Not that I would want to see that either…😳 )
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We men wear “leggings” too in cold weather. We call them “long johns”, and we wear them under our pants. I have some great merino blend ones I wear for hiking/snowshoeing in the winter. I’ve never been known to wear them outside the house without anything over them such as pants, ski pants, or waterproof hiking pants. But I have been known to prance around the house in them when getting ready for an outing… but only my wife… and the cat, get to see me 😉
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Why not, they already came out with romphims…
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Je suis bouche bée (that’s French for “I’m beyond words”, it literally means “my mouth is agape”).
 
As I said on another forum, this mom doesn’t speak for all Catholics and there are a subset of women, both Catholic and non-Catholic, who are overly obsessed with the clothing choices of women other than themselves and their own minor daughters whom they are raising. i wish I as a Catholic didn’t have to be associated with these type of women, but it’s a cross I have to bear.

Furthermore, if this mom is raising sons, she needs to teach her sons to control themselves and act like gentlemen regardless of what a woman is wearing or not wearing. It doesn’t matter if a woman shows up in leggings, a teeny bikini, or totally nude; a man should be able to handle it and not be blaming his behavior on someone else’s clothing choices. To have a mom making these speeches calls up all kinds of unhealthy stereotypes about mothers and sons. Sad. Just sad.
 
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I had hoped this would be about a mom who was concerned that young women might fall prey (or hunt and offer prey)to the ravenous monster that is corrupt MLM legging companies, so she launches a campaign to teach them they’re better than that. I’m now a little concerned about my inferencing skills. It’s a thread on this forum. Of course it’s about modesty! 😄
 
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Irishmom2 said:
If people want to say they wear them because they are comfortable and warm, why are they only seen on women? Don’t men want to be warm or comfortable too?
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I’ve actually seen a lot of men who wore them, ever since the 80s. Many of these men are involved in some kind of work or hobby that involves entertainment and/or physical movement, such as bodybuilding, wrestling, dance, playing in bands, gymnastics etc. They get used to wearing their leggings and some of them wear them places other than the gym, studio or stage. Now depending on the fitness of the guy and the leggings choice, sometimes these leggings look okay and sometimes they do not, but it’s no different from guys who make other unsuitable clothing choices such as jeans that sag or show “plumber’s crack” or shirts that are too tight or too brief.

Just yesterday, a friend of mine was virally sharing a picture of a guy at a gas pump in some leggings that were not a good choice for this particular man, especially since he was wearing them with some type of wrestling thong over them and the effect was unflattering to say the least.
 
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