They say the clothes make the man. Well what about the woman?
As I searched through the pages, a brand-name caught my eye. Promiscuous. Surely that was the name of that particular dress. After all, it was strappy and short, right? Wrong. It's a whole line of clothes that include dresses, tops, shoes and intimates.
I thought I knew what the word meant, but I looked it up, just in case:
Promiscuous: 1. Having casual sexual relations frequently with different partners; indiscriminate in the choice of sexual partners. 2. Lacking standards of selection; indiscriminate.
I find it hard to imagine that a woman would want to be considered promiscuous or that she'd want to wear a label called Promiscuous after reading this definition. At best, it means a loose, easy woman. At worst, it means you have no standards and probably have bad taste. And even if a woman is promiscuous, would she want to advertise it with an actual label?
And yet, we often label ourselves without wearing the word.
In the google search for Promiscuous clothing, I found an article that listed the nine most promiscuous clothing items women wear--according to men. Most of them were fairly obvious, but a few surprised me.
1. The BodyCon dress. I hadn't heard of this before, but when I looked it up, it appears that it's any super-short, form-fitting dress.
2. Crop tops.
3. Corset tops
4. Lace
5. Underwear worn as outerwear
6. Pencil Skirts
7. Knee Boots
8. Stiletto heels
9. Mini Skirts
I'm not advocating that you burn anything with lace or that pencil skirts and heels equal a loose woman. But as you look over this list, and see what men perceive as promiscuous clothing, maybe we too often label ourselves without even knowing it.
Something to think about, both for ourselves and our daughters.
Comments
I really wish clothing makers, TV shows, and many others in the public eye would stop pushing "promiscuous" and "sinful" and other such lables (literal and otherwise) as what's cool.
The approach of the clothing companies and marketing is suspect at the best of times.
why not just call it... "i want to have sex and i'm not picky" clothing?
so lame.
I now know why I feel uncomfortable wearing my heeled knee boots that I got at Target for $7. I told Spencer that I like them on other ladies but I felt weird wearing them. I guess I think like a guy :).