Have we gotten more judgmental?

[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.