When Did the Word "Modest" Become a Lightening Rod for Controversy?

Browsing through Facebook this morning, I saw where a friend had "liked" an article Why I Choose To No Longer Wear Leggings, written by Veronica Partridge.  It sounded interesting, so I read it.

Ok, so she doesn't wear leggings as pants anymore, because she felt convicted. She felt that she shouldn't be dressing in a way that would make a man look lustfully at her. This was HER decision; she never said that no one else on planet Earth should ever wear leggings as pants, this was just something that she felt that she needed to change. I get it.

Then, apparently things blew up, and she was skewered for her decision (this was just one that I found.)  Not mine, not yours, hers. Some have come to her aid, like Matt Walsh, and I love what he says and how he says it. But he left out a little factor, that he may just not have considered.

You see, I am the mother of three boys. Three young men that their father and I are trying to raise to be Godly men, husbands and fathers themselves one day. Two of them are still young (4 and 6), but my oldest, at 10, is beginning the early stages of <shudder> puberty. Right now, it's just the sullen, sulky, grumpy, get my brothers away from me type of behavior. My husband has had "The Talk" with him, but at this point, the reaction was, "EW! That's gross Dad!!" and that was it.

I know, however, that the time will come when it won't be gross to him anymore. In this day and age where Victoria has no secrets left, I fear for him. I like how Matthew L. Jacobson  puts it in his post, Modesty in Modern Culture: Why Veronica is Right and Victoria is Wrong

If you know me, you know that I usually wear skirts. In fact, I really haven't worn pants (except for a couple of really cold days or just around the house) for about a year and a half to 2 years. Why do I wear skirts all the time? I have a few different reasons.

1. Let's face it. I have three boys. I don't have the opportunity to dress a little girl in frilly, pink stuff. Do I miss that? Maybe a little. I won't lie.

2. I have boys. Can you imagine the conversations that go on in this house on a daily basis? I mean, just the other day, my youngest told the oldest, "Hey! I just farted! Come smell my butt!!" *sigh* Yes, that is my life. I need something feminine, ya'll. I need to feel like a girl, and skirts do that for me.

3. I have BOYS (did I say that already?) I want to be a good example for them of a modest woman. Do you have to wear skirts all the time to be modest? Of course not. That is just my choice, for the reasons above.

Do I wear leggings? Yeppers! It gets cold out here, and I wear leggings under my skirts. Personally, I would never dream of not wearing something over my leggings; you just don't want to see that.

I know I can only control what I do. I can't control what someone else wears, or what someone else looks at. But, I can choose to do what I feel honors God and my husband. And while they are still young, I can protect my boys from images they shouldn't be seeing. But while I can't protect them forever, I can try to instill in them what it means to be modest, what is right and what is wrong, and pray for them to be Godly men.

I say this man and these boys are worth it.