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In reply to the discussion: Modesty in Ultra-Orthodox Brooklyn Is Enforced by Secret Squads [View all]KurtNYC
(14,549 posts)20. "aroused" by a piece of plastic with women's clothes on it ?
That is not a problem that the store owner can fix.
Burger King has huge posters of steaming hamburgers, the lottery shows you pictures of millions of dollars, car makers show you empty roads (wind swept with leaves) and a beautiful woman in the passenger seat -- life is full of choices and temptations. A piece of plastic doesn't even make the list.
What's creepy to me is that this kind of thinking excuses the thoughts and actions of the men. They can't control themselves because of a mannequin?
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Social pressure to maintain a standard of cultural behavior is not always a bad thing.
Bonobo
Jan 2013
#7
If I am pressured to stand during the national anthem, is it really so different? nt
Bonobo
Jan 2013
#12
I lived near to where Cali lives --in Western Mass in a very "hip" and "liberal" town.
Bonobo
Jan 2013
#15
Well folks if the religious right get their way we will be seeing some of the same things
southernyankeebelle
Jan 2013
#27
Notice that the emphasis is not on male self-restraint but female temptation?
Poll_Blind
Jan 2013
#33