Several bloggers (moms or not) have posted their disgust and frustration about the clothing choices we have for our children these days. My friend Jules over at Everyday Mommy has taken it a step further and come up with Moms for Modesty. She has an online petition to sign over at her site. Please go sign it if you agree with the following:
Moms for Modesty Mission Statement
- As a Mom for Modesty I believe in common-sense modesty for girls and young women.
- I believe in refraining from sexualizing our girls and young women.
- I believe that it is unwise and unfair to taunt boys and young men by permitting my daughter(s) to dress in an immodest manner.
- I believe that true beauty comes from within and I strive to teach my daughter(s) this truth.
- I will loyally shop at retailers that provide girls’ and young womens clothing that is modest, affordable and stylish.
If you agree with these simple guidelines I hope you will head over to Jules’ site and "sign" your name in her comments list. You don’t have to be a mom. You don’t have to be the mother of a girl. You just have to recognize that we need to speak up for our girls and have choices. As a mother a six-year-old girl I can tell you that skirts are too short, double entendres are not funny, and stylish does not have to mean sexy at this age.
If you feel strongly about this issue, I encourage you to write your own post. However, please make sure to link it to Jules’ site. The key here is that all our information can be linked to a central place and easily found. Please feel free to grab the banner (again, just link it back to Jules’ site. Here’s the HTML code for the link and the button
<a href="http://www.everydaymommy.net
http://i54.photobucket.com
You just need to cut and paste that into your side bar or post and you’ll be good to go.)
I have been working on a longer post about my thoughts on this issue. I will have it up tomorrow. For some reason I can write fluff in about 10 minutes but if I want to sound remotely intelligent it takes days to compose a thought.
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I’m so excited that someone decided to amass all moms (and non-moms) together to show people that we mean business.
It all got me so riled up that I wrote my own post…
Spread the word!
I’m behind this 100% Working on my post and getting the button installed right now.
Not so good at the button thing- can you help me out? I’ve already linked though.
I can’t figure out the button thing either in order to get it to link back to Jules. Please help. Laura
Thanks for doing this. I did it as well!
Will work on the post, but the button is up and running. Thanks Chili!
I have written a post as well and will be posting it sometime in the next week.
I do agree with the whole notion of not objectifying our girls and women, and of dressing appropriately.
However, I cannot sign the petition. I simply cannot agree with the idea that these clothes are unfairly taunting men and boys. This sort of statement has been used time and again by men seeking to violate and abuse women. “She asked for it” or “you dress like that, you’re gonna get what you are asking for”. No. No. A thousand times, NO.
That some women and girls make poor choices in attire, I do not disagree. That these choices are often age-inappropriately sexual in nature, I do not dispute. But that these choices are ‘taunting’, and by extension justify assualt I will dispute and disagree.
If the mission statement addressed this as objectifying women and dehumanizing sex for everyone insulting everyone, male AND female, I’d be sure to sign it.