Title: The Hazards of Immodest Dress
Headings: The Hazards of Immodest Dress
The Hazards of Immodest Dress
1. The Woman Who Wears It Is Uncomfortable
2. The Man Who Observes It Is Tempted
3. The Lord Who Judges It Is Displeased

Content: Nearly all the officers answered these questions with an unqualified “Yes.” Women simply cannot parade about, exposing their bodies to the opposite sex—without inviting abuse. A man can be provoked into thinking what he doesn’t want to think. One cannot dangle raw meat in front of a hungry lion and not expect him to attack. And just so, to tantalize young men with displays of the female body, is downright cruel. It isn’t honest to expose a man to the aroma of steak and apple pie, and then accuse him of being a glutton because he licks his lips. That’s why a young girl came home in anger one day and told her parents that a man had spoken to her in a disrespectful way and had insulted her. The girl’s father (who in some ways must have been a sensible man) reminded her that her scanty immodest dress made her as much to blame as the man who uttered the insults. Girls who want to be respected and who seek a happy life should not dress in a way that displays all the charms of the figure, and then go about their duties in society expecting to come home safely and without being the victims of abuse. It must be stated clearly however, that men will answer to God also for their preoccupation with evil glances and smutty remarks and immoral conduct.