tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post1505272627970844786..comments2023-12-26T10:22:04.630-05:00Comments on Things of My Soul: Men, Sex & ModestyPapa Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06704974609266088416noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-46839579134290715322014-09-18T14:04:56.544-04:002014-09-18T14:04:56.544-04:00When women (members or not, but more often it'...When women (members or not, but more often it's members) talk about how it's our (females) responsibility to not bend over, not show shoulders, not show knees etc, because YM/men just "can't help themselves" from having impure thoughts, it makes a knot in my stomach. My throat tightens. My stomach hurts. My voice quakes. I fight back tears. I was shy. I was ashamed of my Papa Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06704974609266088416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-14416277818736734482014-09-18T14:04:36.623-04:002014-09-18T14:04:36.623-04:00"That meeting, while discussing what to teach..."That meeting, while discussing what to teach the YW for etiquette night, stuck a nerve that many would not understand. They don't realize what words like that sound like to women like me. <br /><br />When I was in HS, I was a quiet bookworm who dressed in oversized sweatshirts. I was very, very conscious of my body. This quiet girl in oversized sweatshirts, babysat for a family next Papa Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06704974609266088416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-84632177989858544842014-09-18T14:04:13.753-04:002014-09-18T14:04:13.753-04:00I received the following message privately from a ...I received the following message privately from a friend who read my last post entitled “Men, Sex & Modesty” and have permission to share it under my name so the writer remains anonymous. I am breaking it into multiple comments, so it can be posted in its entirety here. THIS is why I speak so regularly about how we talk about modesty: <br /><br />Ray, thank you for tirelessly addressing Papa Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06704974609266088416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-26143070366810776762014-09-18T14:01:14.427-04:002014-09-18T14:01:14.427-04:00I received the following message privately from a ...I received the following message privately from a friend who read my last post entitled “Men, Sex & Modesty” and have permission to share it under my name so the writer remains anonymous. I am breaking it into multiple comments, so it can be posted in its entirety here. THIS is why I speak so regularly about how we talk about modesty: <br /><br />Ray, thank you for tirelessly addressing Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com