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athena

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15. Why don't men dress more conservatively?

Sun Sep 18, 2016, 07:00 PM

Sep 2016

Does this young man really think that men in tight-fitting shirts or tank tops, or men who are into body-building, don't give us women "impure thoughts"?

Perhaps body-building and cheerleading should both be outlawed. And men and women should all dress in burkas. That will solve all of the world's problems.

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Cheerleaders were told not to wear uniforms after boy complains they give him "impure thoughts" [View all] davidn3600 Sep 2016 OP

Kids these days underpants Sep 2016 #1

No shit awoke_in_2003 Sep 2016 #71

In the Mormon church, you're not supposed to "work through it." Raster Sep 2016 #93

So would just about every awoke_in_2003 Sep 2016 #109

How is this boy's attitude any different from that of Ilsa Sep 2016 #2

Well, for one... Dr. Strange Sep 2016 #9

Mormophobic? Missn-Hitch Sep 2016 #34

Call it what you want, bullshit by any other name is still bullshit. apcalc Sep 2016 #79

Ummm, that's a negative, Dr. Strange.... paleotn Sep 2016 #46

Seems you have trouble reading. Ron Obvious Sep 2016 #60

Not sure it's a "cheap trick to attempt to put the religion beyond criticism" True Earthling Sep 2016 #74

Wow - I wish I had seen that leftynyc Sep 2016 #75

Right... Dr. Strange Sep 2016 #76

Here, let me paraphrase that for you: Act_of_Reparation Sep 2016 #103

haha Good one! TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2016 #110

I guess in that case we are supposed to show tolerance and make exceptions davidn3600 Sep 2016 #23

Correct There is an obvious double standard on DU whathehell Sep 2016 #72

Well see being an extremist Christian is correct according to them, ergo being mythology Sep 2016 #51

The kid needed help and went to a councilor GummyBearz Sep 2016 #90

any "...men who blame women for making them horney or controlling or violent or stupid?" jtuck004 Sep 2016 #58

It seems that in many cultures, boys are allowed to get away with this crap. CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2016 #3

Bingo Peggy. cwydro Sep 2016 #16

You are 100% correct.... paleotn Sep 2016 #49

Many parts of the US too FreeState Sep 2016 #52

According to what I read the boy was distraught and saw a councilor GummyBearz Sep 2016 #91

It's called concern trolling. nt msanthrope Sep 2016 #95

Agree get the red out Sep 2016 #105

I would have told him to go fucking pray about it. LuvNewcastle Sep 2016 #4

As a Former Cheerleader bmstee01 Sep 2016 #5

Exactly! n/t paleotn Sep 2016 #48

Tell that little putz that it's time for him to get his own head under control Warpy Sep 2016 #6

I dont know if I blame the kid totally davidn3600 Sep 2016 #27

I blame school administrators EL34x4 Sep 2016 #43

Yeah, but he needs to be told where the line is Warpy Sep 2016 #55

Maybe they could start wearing hijibs duncang Sep 2016 #7

Sarcasm, but might not be that bad of an idea. Amimnoch Sep 2016 #32

Those thoughts are not "impure" young man. MasonDreams Sep 2016 #8

Congrats Kid-You're Perfectly Normal Stallion Sep 2016 #10

From the sound of it DFW Sep 2016 #22

Don't blame the Cheerleaders. In_The_Wind Sep 2016 #11

Maybe attention should be placed to changing these thoughts. Thinkingabout Sep 2016 #12

This is exactly the crap that allows males PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2016 #13

I just love theocracies, don't you? Hekate Sep 2016 #14

More like theo-crazies aidbo Sep 2016 #37

Why don't men dress more conservatively? athena Sep 2016 #15

No. The only answer is nudity. Bok_Tukalo Sep 2016 #17

I will not live in a world... tonedevil Sep 2016 #33

Oh, now really, Athena... malthaussen Sep 2016 #107

LOL. I love that. athena Sep 2016 #115

How about these uniforms? edbermac Sep 2016 #18

Believing that there's a giant invisble wizard in the sky obsessed with your sex life Warren DeMontague Sep 2016 #19

Here's the Principal's email.......... mrmpa Sep 2016 #20

... Major Nikon Sep 2016 #62

She wasn't on the page when I pulled it up......... mrmpa Sep 2016 #70

Mark 7, 9-14 bhikkhu Sep 2016 #21

Matthew 5:29 Wednesdays Sep 2016 #67

They're Mormons. malthaussen Sep 2016 #108

Or some offhand comment from some doddering man quoted in Ensign. LeftyMom Sep 2016 #113

That title... Lokilooney Sep 2016 #24

Exactly! progressoid Sep 2016 #53

The boy in question needs to answer a thing or two DFW Sep 2016 #25

Even the rest of the Morridor thinks Provo is weird and repressed. LeftyMom Sep 2016 #26

...Morridor... Raster Sep 2016 #94

boys that age barbtries Sep 2016 #28

When I was a teen my thoughts were pure impure. Eleanors38 Sep 2016 #100

mine were pretty much the same barbtries Sep 2016 #101

My NYC Catholic Girls School Gym Uniform in 1960's HockeyMom Sep 2016 #29

What next, honor killings? ToxMarz Sep 2016 #30

Makes me think of the episode of the West Wing with the Bible Thumpers. redstatebluegirl Sep 2016 #31

That was the pilot episode. Aristus Sep 2016 #35

So will they be wearing burqas instead? KamaAina Sep 2016 #36

another instance of stupid religion weissmam Sep 2016 #38

Hear, hear!! Missn-Hitch Sep 2016 #42

When I was in school the cheerleaders wore pants with their cheer tops during the school day tammywammy Sep 2016 #39

I hope he doesn't resort to, ahem, you know.... Missn-Hitch Sep 2016 #40

This kid is in danger. lpbk2713 Sep 2016 #41

High school boys? Impure thoughts? MineralMan Sep 2016 #44

"Socked" No Freudian slip there. No. nt msanthrope Sep 2016 #97

LOL! MineralMan Sep 2016 #98

I'd like to tell that guy where he can shove his "impure thoughts"... Initech Sep 2016 #45

I'm an advocate for "school uniforms" and have been for years. Problem solved... nt Purveyor Sep 2016 #47

We Had School Uniforms ProfessorGAC Sep 2016 #87

He likely had impure thoughts before this. Also... LiberalFighter Sep 2016 #50

Proof that religion doesn't promote thought. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2016 #54

Two Thoughts Leith Sep 2016 #56

Forget about the sexism. What's wrong w/ impure thoughts? Nevernose Sep 2016 #57

Organized religion would have a hard time surviving without guilt and sexual repression Major Nikon Sep 2016 #66

It seems the point of article is that LanternWaste Sep 2016 #85

There's nothing wrong with thinking about sex... Act_of_Reparation Sep 2016 #104

How ......Utah Nac Mac Feegle Sep 2016 #59

If girls who like girls can control themselves around cheerleaders . . . HughBeaumont Sep 2016 #61

Next up: the arrest of women wearing swimwear Wednesdays Sep 2016 #63

well, heaven forbid he join the swim team! Divine Discontent Sep 2016 #64

Ha! "Impure thoughts" is so 50's-60's Catholic school that boomers LuckyLib Sep 2016 #65

I do not necessarily blame the boy GulfCoast66 Sep 2016 #68

No "problem" that Rosie Palmer and her Five Sisters can't handle. Frank Cannon Sep 2016 #83

His repressive GulfCoast66 Sep 2016 #111

I tried that excuse in Collage Algebra II .... Lady Freedom Returns Sep 2016 #69

Just another day in Mormon-Land. Odin2005 Sep 2016 #73

If we were educating kids on how to deal with sexuality and not preaching abstinence liberal N proud Sep 2016 #77

That's what you get for showing you ankle, I guess... nt anoNY42 Sep 2016 #78

Was a teenage boy, can confirm. AngryAmish Sep 2016 #80

Theocracy get the red out Sep 2016 #81

Well, then you can avert your eyes, you precious little holy snowflake . . . hatrack Sep 2016 #82

Most teenage high school boys will not agree with him bluestateguy Sep 2016 #84

They'll agree it gives them inpure thoughts.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Sep 2016 #86

Utah problems Calculating Sep 2016 #88

This message was self-deleted by its author yuiyoshida Sep 2016 #89

I seem to remember having "impure thoughts" in my high school classrooms. JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2016 #92

Misspelling: "Bodies are sacred" should be "bodies are scared." Fixed. Eleanors38 Sep 2016 #96

"impure thoughts during class" = story of my adolescence 0rganism Sep 2016 #99

Next step for this young man is to saltpoint Sep 2016 #102

I thought that was the point! malthaussen Sep 2016 #106

Uhh...guys... jmowreader Sep 2016 #112

If those girls don't give you impure thoughts... malthaussen Sep 2016 #114

"Your stature is like that of a palm, and your breasts like clusters of fruit. Glassunion Sep 2016 #116

Verilly he grabbed upon my clusters of fruit. Dr. Strange Sep 2016 #117

Actually it was the "juice" of the pomegranate. Glassunion Sep 2016 #118

wearing a suit and tie makes me horny so can i just go casual.... think it will work? dembotoz Sep 2016 #119

Teen boys have impure thoughts tavernier Sep 2016 #120