Modesty

Wild vs. Wild Contrast #8: Body Language

A Wild Thing turns on her seductive charm in order to get a man to turn on to her. The sage father warns his son about a woman like this: “Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes.” (Proverbs 6:25) The father didn’t want his son to be enticed by flirtatious, coy glances. He wanted him to be aware of the danger of women who used body language to seduce men.

7Oct2009 | Mary Kassian | 1 comment | Continued

Sexy enough to keep him waiting?

â€œIâ€™m SEXY enough…to keep you waiting.â€ Thatâ€™s the copy on a skimpy new tank top created by the Candies brand. Released as a part of the Candies Foundation, which exists in part to reduce teen pregnancy and encourage abstinence, it is one abstinence shirt you donâ€™t want your daughter to wear. It sends a mixed [...]

6Oct2009 | Dannah Gresh | 2 comments | Continued

Wise vs. Wild Contrast #7: Appearance

A Girl-Gone-Wise presents herself in different manner than a Girl-Gone-Wild. Her appearance doesn’t scream, “Look at me!” The way she styles her hair and does her make-up enhances her looks, but doesn’t clamor for attention. Her clothing doesn’t invite onlookers to see or imagine her nakedness. She adorns herself in a dignified, God-exalting way.

5Oct2009 | Mary Kassian | 1 comment | Continued

Are you dating your daughter?

The Internet, magazines, fashion trends and television are courting your daughter and defining her sense of beauty. And by the world’s definition this can include anything from thong underwear to being an impossible size O.The best way to fight back is parent-child connectedness-spending time with her! You can educate her, send her to Bible study, take her to church and even sit her in front of a counselor but none of those things can come close to the power of mother/daughter connectedness.

6Jul2009 | Dannah Gresh | 1 comment | Continued

Little Girls Gone Wild

In an effort to inform parents of the harmful effects of seemingly innocuous fashion and tween buying trends, I’ve launched The Bod Squad. I’m hoping for 50,000 mothers across the nation to join me. What is the Bod Squad? It’s a group of moms who are incensed with the fashion industries attempt to take our little girl’s childhood away! The messages our girls get from the fashion industry are destructive. Let’s push back at that!

12Jun2009 | Dannah Gresh | 5 comments | Continued

Girls Gone Skank

“Instead of advancing women’s social and professional empowerment, popular culture appears to be backsliding into the blatant sexual exploitation of women and girls at younger and younger ages.” That’s the conclusion of Patrice Opplinger, assistant professor of mass communications at Boston University. In “Girls Gone Skank,” Opplinger investigates the effects of mass marketed sexual images and cultural trends on the attitudes of young girls and describes the ways in which girls are increasingly taught to go to outrageous lengths in seeking male attention.

1May2009 | Mary Kassian | 2 comments | Continued

Exposed !

She’s a sexy, assertive, self-assured woman, and she’s perfected the subtle art of attracting men. She knows how to flirt with her eyes, seductively tilt her head, and position her body in a provocative way… Who is this woman? You might be surprised to learn that the description (with a few minor fashion updates) comes from the pages of Isaiah. And it may surprise you even more to learn that her behavior was so reprehensible to God, that he punished her and her like-minded girlfriends.

29Apr2009 | Mary Kassian | 4 comments | Continued

The Modesty of Personal Restraint

As the spring season blooms, talk about modesty heats up in Christian conversation as fast as the weather. Bloggers, radio hosts, and the rest of us lament the shorter hemlines, deeper necklines, exposed bellies, and bare bottoms in thong bikinis at the neighborhood swim club. But immodesty deals with a lot more than revealing too much skin. We are just as proneâ€”if not more soâ€”to overexpose whatâ€™s under our skin.

15Apr2009 | Guest Author | 0 comments | Continued

Work it Out, Girl!

On his recently-released CD Storiez, Christian rapper shai linne encourages women to work out their womanhood in a radical, counter-cultural way. In Work it Out,” the Philadelphia-born artist contrasts the Bible’s vision of the Gospel-transformed woman with the sexualized, narcissistic and radically individualistic woman of pop culture.

4Apr2009 | Mary Kassian | 2 comments | Continued

Sexting

What do you get when you mix cell phones with a culture of Girls Gone Wild? Sexting.Â Sexting is the practice of young women sending text messages of nude or partially nude photos of themselves to their boyfriends or romantic prospects. It’s the newest craze. And it’s getting more and more prevalent.
A survey of 1,280 [...]

3Apr2009 | Mary Kassian | 3 comments | Continued