Modesty
That person isn’t modest. That woman isn’t modest. Her clothing isn’t modest. Modesty is generally expected of women. The earth is a masculinist world where men are seen as superior, paid more, and are more socially accepted to act inappropriately. It’s not likely for someone to expect a man to be modest. Many characteristics, such as modesty, are used in sexist ways. “In other words, society, not biology, confines males and females to particular masculine and feminine character profiles,” Aydon Edwards briefly mentioned. The word modest is just, unfortunately, related more to female characteristics. In a biased way the internet defines modest as, “free from ostentation or showy extravagance”. Instead of using modesty as an insult towards women who fail to meet the standards of dressing for a closed-minded society, it should be used to describes one’s behavior.
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Not only is it someone that acts in a formal way, but also, it’s one that doesn’t expect anything in return. A modest person is someone with an amazing attitude who shows poise and confidence. All in all, it’s strange to question who exactly set the specific standards as to who is modest and who isn’t. Not oddly however, every person has a different view of what exactly is showing too much skin and what is acceptable to show. The idea fit to say that if a woman is wearing shorts above the knee isn’t being modest or respectful to her own body, doesn’t lead back to any certain person. Leading one to question why the usage of modesty is used only to talk about someone’s clothes. It’s absurd that society sets these ideal standards of modesty, if no one has the credentials to be able to justify their judgmental descriptions of what is
There was huge controversy about the style and how it affects how women dress today. Views on the modest vs. flapper style are very different. In Cleve’s article, it explains how the Flappers focus their style around dating and being attractive, whereas the modest women would wear very conservative clothes or what the men wanted. The Flapper was seen as hurting a woman’s reputation to be dressed in that way, but it was also seen as a stand for women’s rights to achieve self-fulfillment. During the modest era, women had little to no rights and did whatever the man told her and would run the house.
What is the role of shame in the lives of these soldiers? Does it drive them to acts of heroism or stupidity? Or both? What is the relationship between shame and courage, according to O’Brien?
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Shalit, Wendy. "The Future of Modesty." The Presence of others: Voices and Images that Call for Response. Ed. Andrea A. Lunsford, John J. Ruszkiewicz. New York: St. Martin’s 2000. 214-220.
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