blog reading is dangerous

[sophiescat]

So in a post largely about other things one of the bloggers I read made the following comment*:

We've lost sight of the fact that the liturgy our church teaches becomes the liturgy of our daily lives. For example, one of my parenting things (read: indoctrination) since my kids were small is this:

Me (when I'm out shopping with TBC and we see a young

Comments

[rhipowered]

It's really a snap judgment, yeah...it bugs me too.

[edjoesu]

There is deep water here but it's easy to understand why the statement in question is particularly offensive:

"She thinks she's only valuable because of her body."

On face, this is ridiculous, at about the same level as "She thinks that Boise is the capital of North Dakota." Where does the 'only' come from? Maybe she is the smartest girl at her school, the most talented painter, fully aware of other things in herself to value. Maybe 'value' has little to do with it but she's just after one source of pleasure in a multifaceted life and figures this is the way to get it. One can object to her conduct without being as uncharitable or as patently false.

On to substance, maybe.

[animangel]

That bothers me, too. The 'appropriate' really needs to be the basis of teaching how to dress. Letting people know about general appearance-personality assumption which exist is important, but I don't think such teaching should be reinforced. Especially since I know it is blantantly not true. There are days I feel like wearing and do wear that kind of clothing (okay, minus the 'hot'), and I probably take my body into account very little when I think about my worth as a person.

Also, if you're proud of your figure, is it bad to show it off? As long as you understand possible consequences (ie being aware some people very well may get the wrong idea due to see above), I certainly don't think so.