This preoccupation on men’s part with women’s modesty is misguided and proto-Islamic. “Modest” dress is contrasted with ostentatiously expensive clothing and hairstyles-and the passage is talking about how to dress for church (1 Tim. In the New Testament, “modest” dress refers to “spending a modest amount on clothing,” not to the amount of cloth and where it is draped. I’m all for modest dress, but not because Christian men are going to fall into temptation left and right if various arbitrary skirt lengths, etc., are not met. Even so, the passage is all about how he should have known better. She is loud, defiant, dressed like a prostitute, and deliberately talks him into committing adultery. Proverbs 7:6-27 describes a woman leading a man astray. But we don’t expect them to go insane with lust. Those arguing for the “Burqa Lite” standard of Christian dress also fail to explain how young men who faint at the sight of a Christian ankle are supposed to control themselves when out in the world.ĭoctors see naked women. The “strange woman” (KJV) or “adulteress” (NIV), who is by no means a Christian sister, leads a young man astray by her smooth speech (Prov.6:25): literally “eyelids,” as in the KJV. The only female features that the Bible says cause potential male downfall are “eyes” (Prov.If I had the space, I would have plenty to say about this. The bottom line here is the belief that women’s dress can cause men to fall into ungodly thoughts. Speaking of our daughters, I would like to say just a few words about the “Modesty Survey” and other attempts to “encourage” young ladies to dress according to some ill-defined, ever-shifting male standard of “modesty.” The best example of this comes from her trash-talking of Alex and Brett Harris’ 2007 “Modesty Survey.” The following passage is from page 221 of the “Afterthoughts” chapter added to The Way Home‘s 25th Anniversary Edition in 2010:

But sometimes even her peers are not spared. Normally she puts her archenemies - child advocates, feminists, and LGBTQ people - on blast. That said, Mary Pride is also an expert at putting people on blast. Her belief that women’s use of contraception turns men gay is also bewildering. Mary Pride is considered by some to be “the queen of homeschooling.” She is one of the founders of the Quiverfull movement, the anti-feminism author of The Way Home, and the publisher of the wildly popular magazine “Practical Homeschooling.” I have previously covered problematic aspects of her worldview, including her thoughts on domestic violence and child abuse.

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