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Dear Monica4316:
Respect for women in this country is at an all time low, and much of that is because of the way they dress, Going to class in a t-shirt and jeans does nothing to enhance the dignity of a woman. You, and the majority of other women, dress the way you do today, because someone 50 years ago decided they wanted to dumb down America, and convincing people to be less concerned about how they dress is one way of doing it. If we dress like slobs we soon begin to think like slobs. No discipline of body, no discipline of mind. This situation did not come about by accident, but was a well orchestrated plan to help destroy our Christian society. if you read Colleen Hammond’s book “Dressing With Dignity” you will have a better understanding.
In her article, “The Dignity of True Femininity”, Dr. Anne Marie McDonnell illustrates well the extent of the problem. She says: “For a woman to live according to Catholic teaching in today’s society she needs heroic virtue. Every form of media, including television, movies, magazines, books, computers, music, and theater all assault women’s human dignity, often portraying her in a pornographic manner as an object of lust."
On this point, I will offer you, and any other woman who reads this, a challenge. For two or three weeks, get rid of the t-shirts and slacks and wear a long skirt and nice blouse, or dress, and dress very feminine and lady like ( but not extravagantly), and notice how you are treated by other people, men especially.
Women must learn that men are “wired” differently and the way a woman dresses can have a definite impact on how a man reacts to her.
As an example, if a man is watching a TV talk show or interview, and sees a modestly dressed woman sitting on a chair or couch and she is wearing a dress or skirt that extends several inches below the knees, she is viewed as a total woman and the mans concentration is on her, as a complete person, and on what she is saying or whatever her purpose is for being on that particular show.
However, if you take the same woman and shorten her skirt so that it is two or three inches above the knees, then the man perceives her in a different manner, more as a sexual object. He no longer views her as a whole person. Instead, he sees her as a collection of parts, with some parts drawing more attention than others.
This sexual “evaluation” all takes place in a few seconds in the brain, but has the effect of distracting the man from what she is saying, because her appearance is sending a different message.
Even if they are full length and not tight fitting, a pair of slacks on a woman has the same psychological effect of dividing her up into parts. Again, Mrs. Hammond discusses his male reaction in her book.
Both Scripture and History have shown that when the women of a country are virtuous, the country is strong, but if the moral standards of those women decline, as they have in this country, then the moral standards of men also fall and that society soon begins to sink deeper and deeper into the waters of moral decay.
In times past, most young girls were raised as maidens of virtue and innocence. All aspects of their femininity were cultivated and they emerged from their youthful years as refined young women of modesty, character and grace, possessing all the necessary skills that would one day allow them to assume the important God given role of wife and mother.
Sadly, this is no longer the case in our present day culture. We have done a complete about-face in our attitudes toward sin and God’s laws. To today’s “liberated woman”, the concepts of modesty and feminine loveliness are almost completely foreign.
This idea that women must take the lead in matters of modesty and in guiding men to holiness is not new. I have found such statements in a number of old prayer books and Church writings. Below, I have listed several quotes from it.
The name of this particular book is “Hail Holy Queen, a Book of Prayer and Counsel for Catholic Girls and Women, the Roman Missal for Sundays”, by Fr. Charles J. Callan and Fr. John A. McHugh. They wrote the following:
“If the standards of morals in a country or age is low, you may be sure that it is because the women of that country or age are lax in their morals; for women, being naturally more virtuous than men, are looked up to by men as models in matters pertaining to modesty and purity. This is why the Church is so insistent that women be modest in their dress.” Pg 3
“A woman should never lose respect for her own body, for it is the work of God; it is the instrument and companion of her soul and the temple of the Holy Ghost, destined for future glorification.” Pg. 53
“A woman may not be expensively dressed, or wearing the latest “fad” clothing. She may not have those attractions which are most admired by the world; but if she has the virtues of modesty and purity, she has something that money cannot buy, a treasure which will outlast all the fading glitter of the world.” Pg.53
“Some women are so delightfully neat and stylish that they always appear to be dressed up, however plain and inexpensive her clothes may be. Others there are who look as if they dwell in a region of perpetual cyclones, and whom the entire garment industry could never suffice to make them look dressed up. Try to emulate the better way.” Pg. 4
Hope this helps. God bless
Respect for women in this country is at an all time low, and much of that is because of the way they dress, Going to class in a t-shirt and jeans does nothing to enhance the dignity of a woman. You, and the majority of other women, dress the way you do today, because someone 50 years ago decided they wanted to dumb down America, and convincing people to be less concerned about how they dress is one way of doing it. If we dress like slobs we soon begin to think like slobs. No discipline of body, no discipline of mind. This situation did not come about by accident, but was a well orchestrated plan to help destroy our Christian society. if you read Colleen Hammond’s book “Dressing With Dignity” you will have a better understanding.
In her article, “The Dignity of True Femininity”, Dr. Anne Marie McDonnell illustrates well the extent of the problem. She says: “For a woman to live according to Catholic teaching in today’s society she needs heroic virtue. Every form of media, including television, movies, magazines, books, computers, music, and theater all assault women’s human dignity, often portraying her in a pornographic manner as an object of lust."
On this point, I will offer you, and any other woman who reads this, a challenge. For two or three weeks, get rid of the t-shirts and slacks and wear a long skirt and nice blouse, or dress, and dress very feminine and lady like ( but not extravagantly), and notice how you are treated by other people, men especially.
Women must learn that men are “wired” differently and the way a woman dresses can have a definite impact on how a man reacts to her.
As an example, if a man is watching a TV talk show or interview, and sees a modestly dressed woman sitting on a chair or couch and she is wearing a dress or skirt that extends several inches below the knees, she is viewed as a total woman and the mans concentration is on her, as a complete person, and on what she is saying or whatever her purpose is for being on that particular show.
However, if you take the same woman and shorten her skirt so that it is two or three inches above the knees, then the man perceives her in a different manner, more as a sexual object. He no longer views her as a whole person. Instead, he sees her as a collection of parts, with some parts drawing more attention than others.
This sexual “evaluation” all takes place in a few seconds in the brain, but has the effect of distracting the man from what she is saying, because her appearance is sending a different message.
Even if they are full length and not tight fitting, a pair of slacks on a woman has the same psychological effect of dividing her up into parts. Again, Mrs. Hammond discusses his male reaction in her book.
Both Scripture and History have shown that when the women of a country are virtuous, the country is strong, but if the moral standards of those women decline, as they have in this country, then the moral standards of men also fall and that society soon begins to sink deeper and deeper into the waters of moral decay.
In times past, most young girls were raised as maidens of virtue and innocence. All aspects of their femininity were cultivated and they emerged from their youthful years as refined young women of modesty, character and grace, possessing all the necessary skills that would one day allow them to assume the important God given role of wife and mother.
Sadly, this is no longer the case in our present day culture. We have done a complete about-face in our attitudes toward sin and God’s laws. To today’s “liberated woman”, the concepts of modesty and feminine loveliness are almost completely foreign.
This idea that women must take the lead in matters of modesty and in guiding men to holiness is not new. I have found such statements in a number of old prayer books and Church writings. Below, I have listed several quotes from it.
The name of this particular book is “Hail Holy Queen, a Book of Prayer and Counsel for Catholic Girls and Women, the Roman Missal for Sundays”, by Fr. Charles J. Callan and Fr. John A. McHugh. They wrote the following:
“If the standards of morals in a country or age is low, you may be sure that it is because the women of that country or age are lax in their morals; for women, being naturally more virtuous than men, are looked up to by men as models in matters pertaining to modesty and purity. This is why the Church is so insistent that women be modest in their dress.” Pg 3
“A woman should never lose respect for her own body, for it is the work of God; it is the instrument and companion of her soul and the temple of the Holy Ghost, destined for future glorification.” Pg. 53
“A woman may not be expensively dressed, or wearing the latest “fad” clothing. She may not have those attractions which are most admired by the world; but if she has the virtues of modesty and purity, she has something that money cannot buy, a treasure which will outlast all the fading glitter of the world.” Pg.53
“Some women are so delightfully neat and stylish that they always appear to be dressed up, however plain and inexpensive her clothes may be. Others there are who look as if they dwell in a region of perpetual cyclones, and whom the entire garment industry could never suffice to make them look dressed up. Try to emulate the better way.” Pg. 4
Hope this helps. God bless
I might be wrong? 
) and putting on a blouse, skirt, and heels. The only person I’d probably do that for is Jesus, when I dress for church 
lol! So I just put on jeans and a sweatshirt, scarf, winter coat, and sit in that (dark) lecture hall for an hour, and then go back to study. Of course if I know Im going out to dinner or something later on that day, I wear something nicer… but when I’m in the middle of studying, I never really think “what do people think of me”, - though of course I wouldn’t wear something revealing or immodest…
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and I’ll pray about it.
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