Furthermore…

I tuned into a Christian talk show yesterday on the topic of modesty. Ingrid, the hostess mentioned that she is expecting a child, and has been unable to find a source where it is possible to buy a loose-fitting jumper such has traditionally worn by pregnant mothers. (Yes, they are mothers, not ‘women’ even before delivery.) She even offered a free book from among her stock of review copies to anyone who would call in identifying a place where such modest garb is available.

I have a business interest in an online mall (Aisle 19) which has numerous stores of all kinds, so I was drawn to checking my stores carrying maternity garb for the sexiness of their hatching jackets. I’m familiar with the sedate. loose-fitting jumpers which I have seen all my life, and curiosity clamored to see what the sexy ones might look like. Is there a kind of pervert, I wondered, who lusts after distended females, just as there are those who sexually abuse little girls? But then, I already have too many books.

But the wider theme of the show was that girls in general and stores in general are almost totally given over to the sexiest of garb. Ingrid feels strongly that the girls wearing such merchandise are well aware of its eye-catching and male-arousing characteristics, and poo-poo’d the head-in-the-sand belief that girls are simply wearing what is contemporary and worn by their peers and aren’t really being seductive.