Have we gotten more judgmental?

[DianaB]

I agree with Janet that we've become hardened to what's around us. I think that if people from the 60's and 70's could see what's going on now and what's being worn I think that they would be shocked.

Sure we had mini-skirts and halter tops in the 70's but I don't remember them being as provocative as the clothing is now. It's like the clothes that you see on people is to make you see them as sexual. And it's what every girl's wearing, good and bad. I have a college aged daughter who dresses trendy and in nice clothes, but sometimes it seems like she shows way too much cleavage.

Girls are showing what they have to anyone who will look. What about low-cut jeans with the top of a thong showing? What's the purpose? It's to, again, be noticed for their sexuality. It's no wonder that younger and younger kids are sexually active. It's all around us!!

What's coming next? Topless? Naked? Can it get any worse? How's it going to affect our kids and our society? Am I more judgemental? Yes, and I feel that I am justified in being judgemental!!!!

[Tink]

I think each generation and society picks different things to be appalled by.
Anything in excess is bad for us, and can come around to bite us in the butt, yet we go from one extreme to another over time.

I remember girls wearing hip huggers in the 70's that were SO low some were teased about having to comb their hair twice to wear them. I don't know that they were ANY better than what we see today. Back then it was "braless" rather than whale tails... thick slutty makeup rather than wild hairstyles.

Each age has it's concerns. As we get older I think it's easy to forget how we might have looked "back then" and become more judgemental about those who are young and strutting their stuff now.

JMHO

[Marilyn]

Originally posted by DianaB:
"Sure we had mini-skirts and halter tops in the 70's but I don't remember them being as provocative as the clothing is now. It's like the clothes that you see on people is to make you see them as sexual."

I think you are right in this statement. The halter tops and hip-huggers were pretty mainstream around here in the south, anyway. Not just reserved for the hippies and druggies. Some were more revealing than others and some hip-huggers were lower and trashier than others. I came from a very conservative religious background, and I wore some halter tops and hip-huggers the less revealing cuts, and my pant's weren't super low, but still, I showed a little more flesh than I would ever be comfortable with my daughters showing, but it wasn't an outright sexual look like now.

You also mention the cleavage shown now. We didn't show cleavage in the '70's like they do now. My oldest college aged daughter wears clothes probably similiar to your daughter DianaB. She's a really nice girl, but sometimes I go up to her and pull her neckline up and let her know that it's too low and she should not dress like that. She knows better, but it's the style and she wears a shirt under, but it does not come up high enough for me.

I just pray a lot about our children. Not just mine, our society's children. We had a lot of bad influences to contend with, but they have an even greater challenge.