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So there IS a market for legalism. I haven't been able to get through the entire catalog of "modest swim wear" without breaking out into helpless laughter, but here is a link to the site, sure to generate chuckles in the sane among us:
posted by spiffin @ 10:10 AM
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You can call me Spiffin Wheeze. That's what I like best: spiffin wheezes. You might say this blog is a wheeze, though a wheeze with the best intentions. I have found that pastors who are child molesters, and those church members who defend them, will use the law and the decency of ordinary people against the innocent. So, because we cannot stoop to do evil, sometimes ordinary people have to resort to...well, "wheezes". If you are not familiar with the term, a wheeze is a joke, a prank, a witty deception. Hence, my name: Spiffin Wheeze.
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I hate to tell you this; but when I was growing up in an IFBx church, those suits would have been an improvement over either having to wait for specified swim times or not getting to go at all.
These days, if I want a modest suit, I'd go for Ohana swimwear, even if it is a Mormon company.
-Call me "the escapee"
Well Ohana is not nearly as comical as "Modest Swimwear," but the consumer is really just buying a cut-down surfing wet suit. I can't see any significant difference between a body hugging wet suit from Ohana and an ordinary one-piece bathing suit. So I would just go to LL Bean. In fact, that's where I purchase my swimsuits.
Unbelievable. Obviously these were created by a man and not by a woman. I know from experience that any time you wear something on top of a bathing suit, the moment you climb out of the pool it gets vacuum packed to your body. Just don't go if you are that paranoid!Of course, I noticed there are NO men's suits listed.
Katherine: Well, yeah, men don't have to be modest. Women don't get turned on by what they see, so men can wear what they want. In fact, women are not supposed to get turned on at all...
*snork* Riiiiiiiight. And people wonder why I left certain churches?
-The escapee
That's not what Katherine said at all.
I think it is scary how close "Christian" fundamentailsm is to Islamic fundamentalism. A lot of misgyny in both camps.
Anonymous: I was answering Katherine, not quoting her. FTR, I was also agreeing with her that there is a problem when there are no modesty requirements for men.
I also think Katherine got what I said because of her response. Right on, ma'am! :)
-The escapee
Ah, merely a case of proper colon usuage. Not serious as long as we are still on the plain of punctuation!
I once saw a site that sold modest swimwear for both sexes. The men had board shorts and mesh T-shirts, while the women had--I don't exactly remember; I think it was a kind of full-coverage skirted suit with sleeves. If it weren't almost midnight here, I would Google it.
Double standard aside, though, I would buy one of the suits on the site you featured if I planned to spend any time swimming outdoors, because it looks like it might actually protect a person from the twin evils of Alaskan lakes: hypothermia and leeches in places you can't see.
Jenny Islander
I know this post is old but OMG!!! LMAO!
Thanks for the comical reminder of why I ran and never looked back! LOL
Poor girls, the only thing that separates that aesthetically challenged monstrosity from a Muslim girls Burqini is about 12 inches of fabric and a hood.
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