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by alas » Fri Apr 19, 2024 12:22 pm
I think the online protest to the crackdown are interesting. Some really good arguments against wearing them and lots of feelings about being forced. Some arguments I have seen, not in any specific order and not rated by how common: 1. So, the doctrine about what garments symbolize has been changed? Seems like the GA are making it up as they go. And if it’s all made up, then I don’t have to comply. 2. Most women hate garments. Jesus would not ask something hateful. 3. I heard that symbolism before, and I really like the symbolism, but then found garment wearing so inconvenient that I decided against it anyway. 4. This has been my realistic experience of garments. It does NOT bring Jesus to mind. 5. And one I really like. The water when we get baptized is symbolic, but we don’t have to stay soaking wet for life. 6 although we are supposed to not think of it as underwear but as something sacred, it is STILL underwear. And as underwear, it is particularly bad underwear. 7. There REALLY needs to be exemptions for health. Garments cause several different kinds of fungal infections, yeast infections, UTIs and other problems. Men may get jock itch, but that is no where near as serious as UTIs that can take out your kidneys (my mother had this issues) 8. issues for all the body issues women have that men don’t from periods, to pregnancy, to nursing, to menopause. They are just horribly messy for an already messy problem. 9. Mental health, of several varieties from body dysmorphia to healing from sexual abuse, garments cause mental health issues (this is my issue right here. I could not wear them, but was shamed for that inability.) 10. Many….no, all women find the garment ugly, frumpy, and it kills feeling sexually attractive. Women are different than men in our sexual response and NEED to feel attractive. 11. Women have a 90% harder time finding garment friendly clothing. This was a fun study that some women did with trying to buy dresses and some other kinds of clothing. 12 Garments are used to enforce female modesty. This is most obvious when women’s leg length is longer than that for men. 13 they are one extra layer in hot humid climates, and prevent wearing cooler clothing. 14. They are willing to make exception for fabric allergy, IF you pay for the doc to do allergy tests, but charge horribly high prices if you just know you are allergic or just prefer that fabric. 15 they will silk screen on the marks for military but won’t do it onto, oh, say scrubs for nurses, let alone normal human clothing. 16. they won’t let you make your own or alter and sometimes a slight alteration would make them fit. But no, we can't be trusted to, say change a waist that comes up and over the boobs. Guys, my waist is not shoulder level. 17. Speaking of fit, the fit is terrible for women