Kit B. (290) | Monday September 24, 2012, 1:17 pm Literature being handed out at the Values Voter Summit on Friday attacks women for being ?immodest? and extolled them to ?go home and put some clothes on!? In flyers and brochures on display at Values Voters, the social conservative conference where Republican Vice Presidential nominee Paul Ryan spoke, an organization called Modesty Matters criticized women for dressing ?immodestly? at church, and blamed women for causing men to stare lustfully at them. Women must ?embrace MODESTY in dress and behavior,? one of the handouts read. Women dressed immodestly in church are ?an insult to a holy God,? another said. Other excerpts: - From the ?Modesty: It?s nothing to be ashamed of? pamphlet:?Since men are particularly visual, immodesty in church can trigger lustful thoughts.? ?My men?s bible study group talks frequently about controlling our lust, thoughts, and eyes. Yes the problem and responsibility are ours, but is it really reasonable for the women of the church to make it THIS difficult for us?? - From the ?True Woman Manifesto?: ?All women, whether married of single, are to model femininity in their various relationships, by exhibiting a distinctive modesty, responsiveness, and gentleness of spirit.? The Family Research Council provided Modesty Matters with a table at the conference to distribute these pamphlets. Republicans have repeatedly voted to cut funding for contraception, outlaw abortions, and defund Planned Parenthood. Now another far-right groups are eyeing a new battleground: the wardrobe.
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Arielle S. (242) | Monday September 24, 2012, 1:29 pm Barf Your report has been submitted to Customer Service. Thank you. There was a problem submitting your report. Please try again later. ? |
J.L. A. (27) | Monday September 24, 2012, 1:34 pm Well, it is a change from men directing women to go home and take their clothes off...can one hope these men will evolve to actually respecting women and thus no longer feeling they can direct women to make it easier for them to behave themselves? Your report has been submitted to Customer Service. Thank you. There was a problem submitting your report. Please try again later. ? |
Brian M. (119) | Monday September 24, 2012, 1:41 pm Ironically, the values voters summit doesn't have room for values such as compassion towards others, peace, tolerance for those who are different, or treading lightly upon our mother earth. If anything, the policies they suggest for the nation reveal them to be hateful, small-minded reactionaries. Your report has been submitted to Customer Service. Thank you. There was a problem submitting your report. Please try again later. ? |
Kit B. (290) | Monday September 24, 2012, 1:46 pm True Brian, but it seems that religion is religion, labeled by any name, scratch the surface and the same bigotry is there. How about the guys get a grip? Sure adolescent males have some problems with controlling themselves, but these are grown men using how women dress as an excuse for their own lousy behavior. Veils anyone? Your report has been submitted to Customer Service. Thank you. There was a problem submitting your report. Please try again later. ? |
Jae A. (271) | Monday September 24, 2012, 2:25 pm Hell NO..No Veils...It's lace corsets,fishnet stockings,stilleto heels and a bowl full of tuna for every church dinner and banquet I say. I guess some women are trying to put a little too much self expression/fashion into their going to church...which apparently is a big no no for some of their perverted male congragation, who apparently can't keep things under control even when in church....which is typical of male republicans, me thinketh. Kind of helps to prove what 'supression of natural attractions' can lead to...at least in churches apparently. Actually what they are objecting to would seem ,to me,to be something that would encourage more males to attend church if attendence is any part of the agenda/goal. Hell-fire and Hell-yes all for simply showing up at church..what better deal is there for religious folks I ask !? Little half time pole dancing between sermons during the 'passing the tip/donation/plate would probably be a big hit and up the Sunday take as to money...of course to really make the whole church going experience more than worth while for all their believers they should also feature a couple of males strippers while the choirs get down with some great gospel tunes... all those thing combined.well I believe you'd have a church full of saints on hold..or holding on one...or both....every Chruch Day and reg. Sunday kind of day, that comes along !..............................in my opinion :-). Your report has been submitted to Customer Service. Thank you. There was a problem submitting your report. Please try again later. ? |
Camila K. (140) | Monday September 24, 2012, 2:29 pm They are the American Taliban Your report has been submitted to Customer Service. Thank you. There was a problem submitting your report. Please try again later. ? |
Jae A. (271) | Monday September 24, 2012, 2:55 pm ...which if they would do... as I fantasized they should, there would be no competitive Taliban members from the middle east or any other extremist religious 'orders' [at least... I now know how that term came into being] spying within the Family Values Taliban churches. Best security against terrorist for any public event is a topless female donche' ya know ! I really don't think the men who created these 'request', really did not think this one all the way through...jusss sayn'. Your report has been submitted to Customer Service. Thank you. There was a problem submitting your report. Please try again later. ? |
Kit B. (290) | Monday September 24, 2012, 3:06 pm I think you are too kind Jae. This comes directly on the heels of heated discussions about women's health, and personal rights to make decisions about their own bodies...then there is the issue of rape. Legitimate rape? What kind of human being puts those two words together? Your report has been submitted to Customer Service. Thank you. There was a problem submitting your report. Please try again later. ? |
Jae A. (271) | Monday September 24, 2012, 3:25 pm My guess to that question would be Republicans ......and or Christian Teliban members...as to who would see nothing wrong with putting those two words together. They'll be stoning women in the streets if their insaniTea gets any more out of control,in my opinion. Why any female on this planet would vote for a GOP Republican/Teabagger is beyond all reason and logic,to me. Self-loathing females,perhaps, but even they only would/could if they just didn't think before doing so...and in their circles a women who thinks beyond which red dress to wear to a Republican photo op is not allowed. Your report has been submitted to Customer Service. Thank you. There was a problem submitting your report. Please try again later. ? |
Terry King (100) | Monday September 24, 2012, 4:35 pm Republicans actually want women to go home and put some clothes in... The washing machine and then in the dryer! That would be between diaper loads! Your report has been submitted to Customer Service. Thank you. There was a problem submitting your report. Please try again later. ? |
Kit B. (290) | Monday September 24, 2012, 5:12 pm "If you're black in this country, if you're a woman in this country, if you are any minority in this country at all, what could possibly possess you to vote Republican?" Cher Your report has been submitted to Customer Service. Thank you. There was a problem submitting your report. Please try again later. ? |
Dandelion G. (306) | Monday September 24, 2012, 5:22 pm The American Taliban say: In flyers and brochures on display at Values Voters, the social conservative conference where Republican Vice Presidential nominee Paul Ryan spoke, an organization called Modesty Matters criticized women for dressing ?immodestly? at church, and blamed women for causing men to stare lustfully at them. Women must ?embrace MODESTY in dress and behavior,? one of the handouts read. Women dressed immodestly in church are ?an insult to a holy God,? another said. Now another take from others Views..... "Some 1,500 years ago, it was decided for an individual?s personal reasons that women should wear veil, since then millions of Muslim women have had to suffer it. They told her that wearing a burqa would mean obeying Allah. If you obeyed Allah, He would be happy with you and not let you burn in hellfire. Why are women covered? Because they are objects for sex. Because when men see unveiled women, they are aroused." said by Taslima Nasreen NOW TELL ME WHERE IS THE DIFFERENCE? American women.....be careful here. Who is Taslima Nasreen? Taslima Nasreen an award-winning writer, physician, secular humanist and human rights activist, is known for her powerful writings on women oppression and unflinching criticism of religion, despite forced exile and multiple fatwas calling for her death. Taslima won The Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought from the European Parliament in 1994. She received the Kurt Tucholsky Award from Swedish PEN, the Simone de Beauvoir Award and Human Rights Award from Government of France. She received Le Prix de l' Edit de Nantes from the city of Nantes, France. She is a Humanist Laureate in The International Academy for Humanism,USA. She won Distinguished Humanist Award from International Humanist and Ethical Union, Free-thought Heroine award from Freedom From Religion foundation, USA., IBKA award, Germany,and Feminist Press Award, USA . She got the UNESCO Madanjeet Singh prize for Promotion of the Tolerance and Non-violence in 2005. She received the Medal of honor of Lyon. She got honorary citizenship from Paris, Nantes, Lyon, Metz, Thionville, Esch etc. Taslima was awarded the Condorcet-Aron Prize at the ?Parliament of the French Community of Belgium? in Brussels. Bestowed with honorary doctorates from Gent University and UCL in Belgium, and American University of Paris and Paris Diderot University in France, she has addressed gatherings in major venues of the world like the European Parliament, National Assembly of France, Universities of Sorbonne, Oxford, Harvard, Yale, etc. She got fellowships as a research scholar at Harvard and New York Universities. She was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow in the USA in 2009. Your report has been submitted to Customer Service. Thank you. There was a problem submitting your report. Please try again later. ? |
Jennifer C. (140) | Monday September 24, 2012, 5:24 pm Thanks. Your report has been submitted to Customer Service. Thank you. There was a problem submitting your report. Please try again later. ? |
Angelikanomail Roll (72) | Monday September 24, 2012, 5:46 pm well, I sure hope Ann Romney picked up her copy and read it well! Your report has been submitted to Customer Service. Thank you. There was a problem submitting your report. Please try again later. ? |
Cam V. (412) | Monday September 24, 2012, 7:03 pm These are social conservatives and are not the many. Your report has been submitted to Customer Service. Thank you. There was a problem submitting your report. Please try again later. ? |
Janet R. (11) | Monday September 24, 2012, 7:35 pm God, I am sick of these damn Repugs and their nonsense. I wish they would go away and stop telling people how to live their lives. Mind your own business, why is that so hard? Your report has been submitted to Customer Service. Thank you. There was a problem submitting your report. Please try again later. ? |
Kathy B. (71) | Monday September 24, 2012, 9:39 pm Oh wow "these are social conservatives and are not the many"? It makes no difference, how many times have I heard words to the effect 'she deserved it because of the way she was dressed'? It's not just social conservatives that think this way. Does a woman deserve to be leered at or raped because of the way she dresses? What if the shoe was on the other foot? Go home and put some decent clothes on man... Your report has been submitted to Customer Service. Thank you. There was a problem submitting your report. Please try again later. ? |
BMutiny TCorporationsAreEvil (409) | Monday September 24, 2012, 10:37 pm Excuse me - if this should sound sexist and/or racist - but, isn't that a picture of a "sexy" black {or mixed-race} woman on the cover of the book? wearing what appears to be a lot of makeup? Sortof "Cognitive Dissonance" it appears to me... Mixed messages? or what? Your report has been submitted to Customer Service. Thank you. There was a problem submitting your report. Please try again later. ? |
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