This has ALWAYS been something that has bugged me. I almost didn't blog about it because I thought I might offend some people and then I remembered, "Oh yeah. This is MY blog. I can write anything I want."
A little background on where this is all coming from-- Nick and I joined a new gym. It's pretty awesome and I like that it is more of a family environment than the one I used to go to. The old place was fine-- but it was a much younger crowd and so it tended to be somewhat of a "meat market" during certain times of the day. This gym has far fewer inappropriately dressed women, though there are some. Which brings me to my point--
Okay, so when did a sports bra become a shirt? I really don't get it. It's called a sports BRA. I understand that you get hot and sweaty when you are working out-- I totally understand that. But men are required to wear shirts at the gym. Is it REALLY so hot that you can't stand a tank top over your BRA? In pretty much any public place it's an understood thing--"No shoes, no shirt, no service." So what's the deal with women prancing around in BRAS in public? Seriously. I don't get it.
Now, this is not just a rant because I am jealous of people who have a great enough body to "pull off" wearing a sports bra without a shirt. I am jealous of them, but I don't care if I looked like Tyra freakin' Banks, I would still wear a SHIRT in public. And I will ABSOLUTELY require my daughter to do so as well.
It is distressing to me that the standard of modesty in our society is so far gone. How do we raise boys to respect girls when girls are respecting themselves? It's not just at the gym-- it's everywhere. Victoria Secret has a "fashion show" (I use that term VERY loosely!) on NETWORK television. They have 10 foot tall advertisements in the mall of unclothed women. And Abercrombie-- they literally have a storefront right now where you can see the naked butt of some guy in the mall for all the passers by to see. What? I thought they sold CLOTHES!
Nick and I were at a public beach this summer and I saw a dad and a daughter (maybe 14-15 years old) playing with one of those Velcro catch games and she was bouncing out of this teeny tiny triangle bikini. I am sorry, maybe I am just old, but that is NOT okay. Who knows what kind of scumbags were taking it all in? You are a child-- put some clothes on! As a mother of boys this scares the heck out of me. How can we teach and train our boys to value purity when this is what we are giving them to work with?
So if you dress inappropriately, I politely ask you-- save your hot bod for your husband. You're not respecting yourself (or those around you) with your nudity. Modest is hottest girls.
