Women and Dress

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I must have missed the bit in that that referred to women having less lust than men. Could you point it out?

And again, I’m still interested; do you believe you know more about women’s experience of lust and libido than women do?
 
He seems to avoid that question a bunch of times, tbh. A straight answer would make this less exhausting
 
Actually he answered it. I asked him point blank is he believed women were less lustful than men and he said no.
 
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I missed that post.

I honestly feel like there’s a bit of miscommunication going on at this point.
 
I must have missed it, but the question was whether he thinks he know more than women (I’m sure it can be implied). I only saw the post where he (or some other poster) said that men’s problem with lust is bigger.
 
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I missed that post.

I honestly feel like there’s a bit of miscommunication going on at this point.
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I’m feeling the same way.

Setting aside discussion of whether men or women lust in the same degree or not, it seems to me the piece that’s most relevant to the OP is whether said lust is incited in the same way for men and women. So far, it still seems to me that most would agree that men are more stimulated visually in this regard than women are (which is what is relevant to the OP with regards to women being more attentive to the way they dress than men).

Not that this means men should be telling women how to dress, or that women are solely responsible for men’s reactions to how they dress.
 
Yea. And you brought up a question that really had me wondering. Because women MIGHT be aroused by different things so why are we never discussing what men can do to help women avoid temptation? It seems it’s always focused on what women are supposed to do but I honestly have never heard a discussion about what men can do. I find that curious.

We are always teaching girls to keep their purity and to protect themselves but it seems like we neglect teaching men to control themselves and to control their lust. And we neglect teaching men not to tempt women (and yes, we can be tempted).

I cannot tell you how many young women I know who sleep with their boyfriends because they are afraid if they don’t those boys will leave them. Why aren’t we teaching those boys not to tempt these girls in this way?
 
I think the first step for a woman seeking the peace, the happiness, the freedom of life in Christ, is to stop any focus on the values and expectations laid on her by this very dark culture, and instead focus intently on God’s beautiful and true vocation that defines for her, as for any person, the way forward to peace, and happiness, and freedom of life in Christ.

In other words, forget about lust! There is no life in it. St. John Paul II saw something very important for women to know about the “feminine genius”, concerning their unique calling in and among humanity. I set in bold some points well worth listening to.

I’d like to hear your reflections on some of those points, if you’re willing. (Or anyone else reading these things)
 
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St. John Paul II saw something very important for women to know about the “feminine genius”, concerning their unique calling in and among humanity.
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Every woman’s calling is different. We’re certainly not all born to be nurturers.
 
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