Modesty for teens?

In my search for the possible existence of fashion magazines with Christian/environmental/social justice issues at its possible core, I ran across an article from the popular Focus on the Family Brio magazine... the Christian teen magazine claiming it is "teaching, entertaining and challenging teen girls toward a healthy self-concept and closer relationship with Jesus Christ."

Take a look at this article on "Modeling Modesty" - their take on what's important in fashion. How do we respond to this? What is this communicating to girls about their bodies? What is it communicating concerning God's thoughts on beauty, creativity, responsibility, or, simply, being Christians women and girls? And just check out the list of rules!

And FAB guys, what do you make of this passage:
Say your friend Brad is standing before your youth group because your youth pastor asked him to read a passage from the Bible. Brad pauses as he’s reading to make eye contact with the group, just as his speech teacher taught him to do.

The moment Brad looks up, he sees a girl wearing a tight T-shirt. Immediately, Brad’s mind is distracted from the Lord and the Bible — two things he’s truly interested in.


Even apart from just criticizing such manipulative writing targeted at maleable audiences, I have a lot to say on this article, but all I will say here is pay attention to the sense of fear. I remember reading similar articles in this very magazine back in my middle school years. They have a strong effect. Good or bad???... you decide.