I stumbled across The Rebultion’s survey, by visiting a favorite blog called girltalk. Rebelution is a blog ran by brothers, Alex and Brett Harris (I believe their brother, Joshua Harris is the one attributed to the best selling book, I Kissed Dating Goodbye). Anyway, they received questions from over 250 women/girls nationwide addressing the area of modesty. In their attempt to answer these questions, they’ve created a survey where men may go online and answer the questions. I would strongly encourage all men to complete this survey.

This is a great subject for me! I love to discuss this, because I know the what not to reveal but not so much the whys at times. We were discussing modesty at a recent MOPS meeting in our discussion group. One of our moms has teenage daugthers (yes, as well as preschoolers) and she’s remarked about how hard it is and how much they have to address this issue with their daughters. Even now, Mark and I have to talk to Zoe about modesty because of what she sees when we are out and because of the toys that are marketed to her. There are several toys that we do not agree with (ones with short skirts, shirts, and tons of make up), and we have had several opportunities to talk to Zoe about why we don’t like the toys and how that addresses our attitude about God (i.e. is it honoring Him? are we pleasing to the eye when we dress like that?).

Zoe can now point out a belly button a mile away and talk to me about the fact that she doesn’t like it when her belly button sticks out. We are already practicing the “raise and praise” test when trying on clothes (heard on a Dobson show about teenage girls and purity). If Zoe raises her hands and praises God and her belly button shows, Mommy gets to poke it…or if Mommy raises her hands and praises God and her belly button shows, Zoe gets to poke it!

Zoe has also forced me to examine a lot of my clothing choices and whether they are honoring God and helping to keep men from sinning or not. I am grateful for that.

Does this mean that Zoe will wear skirts down to her knees and frumpy shirts? No, but I do want her to be aware that how she dresses not only says who she is but can have an effect on those around her and their view of who she is.

I’m excited to see what this survey reveals and to be able to have an outlet (waaaaaayyyy down the road) to discuss why what she chooses to wear matters!

For now, male readers, make sure you check out the link above to complete the survey!