How Modesty Made Me Fat

[llv]

http://nolongerquivering.com/2011/11/22 ... de-me-fat/

Modesty taught me that my first priority needed to be making sure I wasn’t a “stumbling block†to men. Not being sexually attractive was the most important thing I had to consider when buying clothes, putting them on, maintaining my weight (can’t have things getting tight!), and moving around (can’t wiggle those hips, or let a little knee show). Modesty taught me that what I looked like was what mattered most of all. Not what I thought. Not how I felt. Not what I was capable of doing. Worrying about modesty, and being vigilant not to be sexy, made me even more obsessed with my looks than the women in short shorts and spray tans I was taught to hate.

Yes, yes, yes.

[annalena]

yes. it's a obsession with appearance.