Saturday, August 6, 2011

"The Less You Reveal the More People Can Wonder"

A friend shared an article that spoke about Emma Watson standing up for women and standing up for modesty. All around, I see girls in shorts that barely cover their bums and tank tops that hardly seem to leave anything to mystery and I wonder, what does such an appearance say to the world? Does it say, I respect myself and you should too? Or does it give a different feeling? I'm not saying that because someone dresses a certain way it means they are a bad person or don't want respect. They deserve respect in all circumstances. They deserve to be treated with kindess no matter who they are or how they are dressed. But I have found, that those who dress provocative may find boys that only seem to notice their body instead of finding the things that make them unique and special. The funny personality quirks and talents that make them one in a million. By covering up more, we find opportunity to meet the good guys, the ones really interested in us and not what they can get from us. This world is a hard and cruel place for women and often makes us feel like we need to stand out to be noticed but we should not given and subject ourselves to be come things. We have feelings and needs and deserve to be treated like queens. As such, we should care for ourselves, and by all means get dolled up, but we should maintain the sacredness of womanhood that gives us the most beauty. Emma Watson sums it up very well below. 
"I find the whole concept of being ‘sexy’ embarrassing and confusing. If I do an interview with photographs people desperately want to change me – dye my hair blonder, pluck my eyebrows, give me a fringe. Then there’s the choice of clothes. I know everyone wants a picture of me in a mini-skirt. But that’s not me. I feel uncomfortable. I’d never go out in a mini-skirt. It’s nothing to do with protecting the Hermione image. I wouldn’t do that. Personally, I don’t actually think it’s even that sexy. What’s sexy about saying, ‘I’m here with my boobs out and a short skirt, have a look at everything I’ve got?’ My idea of sexy is that less is more. The less you reveal the more people can wonder."

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