yeah, ‘cuz it’s the clothes that invite the lustful thoughts

in problems, public health, religion | Friday, March 31st, 2006 | Trackback

the place: rhode island.
the year: 2006. (A.D.? of course it’s A.D… nothing happened in 2006 BC… well, not in rhode island, anyway…)

so, heritage community services has given rhode island — that state founded by an advocate of church/state separation and a woman who publicly said you didn’t need ministers to talk to god — an abstinence-only sex ed curriculum that discusses abstinence as a way to “honor [one’s] relationship with jesus.” (okay, so hutchinson might not have objected too much, but williams must be spinning in his grave.)

It also said that “girls have a responsibility to wear modest clothing that doesn’t invite lustful thoughts” and required students to disclose personal information about their sexual activities.

burqa hotbut wait! there’s more! heritage community services sells t-shirts emblazoned with “virgins are hot!” holy mixed messages, batman! won’t wearing that invite lustful thoughts??? perhaps it shouldn’t be a t-shirt, but a burqua. not only would the girls be modestly clothed, but it would have the benefit of guys not being sure exactly what was under it! in the words of my mother, “it could be a large, hoover vacuum cleaner.” a virginal vacuum cleaner.

3 Responses a “yeah, ‘cuz it’s the clothes that invite the lustful thoughts”

  1. kgf Says:
    March 31st, 2006 at 4:37 pm

    If clothes make the man, then perhaps they can invite lustful thoughts. The solution might be to dispense with clothes altogether — somewhat impractical during Rhode Island winters.

  2. Jeff Middents Says:
    April 1st, 2006 at 10:54 am

    How can a vacuum cleaner be so virginal when its primary function is to suck? Besides, I much prefer my vacuums to be naked.

  3. kgf Says:
    April 3rd, 2006 at 11:49 am

    Jeff - the vacuum cleaner reference relates to a reaction to seeing black-shrouded Saudi women watching their children at a hotel swimming pool in Egypt (maybe it was in Jordan). Besides wondering what would happen if someone had to dive in fully shrouded to save a child in distress, I remarked that it was impossible to be sure that there really was a woman under all that cloth — that it might just as well be an upright vacuum cleaner.

    Now you know.