practically naked - what would you do?

[chicagoburbite]

You should talk to the principle and if he does not agree then run for the school board and work at getting a new principle and superintendent.

I think you are right! I will plan to do that.

[chicagoburbite]

What should you wear at a CARWASH? Kids at a CARWASH squirt each other with water, get wet, and have fun.

You said "kids"...these are fully developed, curvacious teenagers. These are not little kids playing in the sprinkler. The porn industry (for example) sends out scores of ads/spam with links to teens "barely legal".. or "younger"!!! That must mean that some men want that visual.

[ColleenLovesMischief]

Teeagers may have the bodies of adults, but most still think much like preteens. Even adults think that way on occassion. Sad as I am to say it, it is hard to find a teen girl that will wear anything less than a 2 piece to the beach ect. Even growing up as a teen myself they tried to get me into a 2 piece. I am too self conscious to wear anything but a skirted 1 piece, and I probably should be banned from that.

[Shad]

First you need to determine if the event was actually on school grounds or on adjacent property next to the school then if it turns out it was indeed on school property I'd start with the principal to see what he/she says and if you don't get the response you are looking for then I'd move on to the Superintendent and then to the School Board if you don't get a satisfactory answer from the School Superintendent. Not sure what authority the Mayor would have on this subject.

[Shad]

I just went back and read some of the post on the first couple of pages saying that because it's a car wash and water is involved it only makes sense to wear bathing suits and I agree to a point but why not require they wear some type of T-shirt over the bathing suit top instead of only having that thin strip of cloth covering the chest area and buttocks region??? There are ways of dressing for these types of events that are sensible without having to show off the body in a sexual manner.

As far as beach and pool activities go those are totally different situations and even then I think that 90% of the suits or lack there of that are worn are tasteless. Can anybody say G-String?? I seriously doubt back in the bible days that when women went to the river to get water that they stripped naked because they didn't want to get their clothes wet. Satan knows that one of man's biggest weaknesses is the temptation of flesh and I have no doubt that he put the idea in the designers heads for some of the very tasteless things we see now days on the beach or at pool side in order to tempt us in lusting.

By the way I define lusting as looking at anyone in a way other than them being just another human being. If you can tell me that you can drive by a car wash with a bunch of teenage girls in skimpy bikinis and not have the urge to look you are a liar and already have sinned on top of lusting. Lust is much more than thinking of someone in a sexual manner but when it benefits one to have an excuse for something we tend to stretch our definition of the word "Lust".

The definition of lust is as follows: The simple definition of lust is having a self-absorbed desire for an object, person, or experience. When we are in lust, we place the object of our desire above all things in our lives. From a Christian perspective lust is bad because we are putting the object of our lust above God. When we are in lust, we have no thought of God and do not know Him.

Again if you can truly say that you as a man don't have the desire to experience or to look at scantily clad women in bikinis and instead are thinking of god instead of those half naked women you are a liar it's built into our very nature. Same goes for women who look at men in that way.

Edited October 19, 2007 by Shad

[ColleenLovesMischief]

I just went back and read some of the post on the front page saying that because it's a car wash and water is involved it only makes sense to wear bathing suits and I agree to a point but why not require they wear some type of T-shirt over the bathing suit top instead of only having that thin strip of cloth covering the chest area and buttocks region??? There are ways of dressing for these types of events that are sensible without having to show off the body in a sexual manner.

As far as beach and pool activities go those are totally different situations and even then I think that 90% of the suits or lack there of that are worn are tasteless. Can anybody say G-String?? I seriously doubt back in the bible days that when women went to the river to get water that they stripped naked because they didn't want to get their clothes wet. Satan knows that one of man's biggest weaknesses is the temptation of flesh and I have no doubt that he put the idea in the designers heads for some of the very tasteless things we see now days on the beach or at pool side in order to tempt us in lusting.

By the way I define lusting as looking at anyone in a way other than them being just another human being. If you can tell me that you can drive by a car wash with a bunch of teenage girls in skimpy bikinis and not have the urge to look you are a liar and already have sinned on top of lusting. Lust is much more than thinking of someone in a sexual manner but when it benefits one to have an excuse for something we tend to stretch our definition of the word "Lust".

The definition of lust is as follows: The simple definition of lust is having a self-absorbed desire for an object, person, or experience. When we are in lust, we place the object of our desire above all things in our lives. From a Christian perspective lust is bad because we are putting the object of our lust above God. When we are in lust, we have no thought of God and do not know Him.

Again if you can truly say that you as a man don't have the desire to experience or to look at scantily clad women in bikinis and instead are thinking of god instead of those half naked women you are a liar it's built into our very nature. Same goes for women who look at men in that way.

If I am not mistaken he said he was disgusted by it. I would hardly call that lusting. Please refrain from name calling unless you are able to see inside of that persons heart.

[Shad]

I just went back and read some of the posts on the front page saying that because it's a car wash and water is involved it only makes sense to wear bathing suits and I agree to a point but why not require they wear some type of T-shirt over the bathing suit top instead of only having that thin strip of cloth covering the chest area and buttocks region??? There are ways of dressing for these types of events that are sensible without having to show off the body in a sexual manner.

As far as beach and pool activities go those are totally different situations and even then I think that 90% of the suits or lack there of that are worn are tasteless. Can anybody say G-String?? I seriously doubt back in the bible days that when women went to the river to get water that they stripped naked because they didn't want to get their clothes wet. Satan knows that one of man's biggest weaknesses is the temptation of flesh and I have no doubt that he put the idea in the designers heads for some of the very tasteless things we see now days on the beach or at pool side in order to tempt us in lusting.

By the way I define lusting as looking at anyone in a way other than them being just another human being. If you can tell me that you can drive by a car wash with a bunch of teenage girls in skimpy bikinis and not have the urge to look you are a liar and already have sinned on top of lusting. Lust is much more than thinking of someone in a sexual manner but when it benefits one to have an excuse for something we tend to stretch our definition of the word "Lust".

The definition of lust is as follows: The simple definition of lust is having a self-absorbed desire for an object, person, or experience. When we are in lust, we place the object of our desire above all things in our lives. From a Christian perspective lust is bad because we are putting the object of our lust above God. When we are in lust, we have no thought of God and do not know Him.

Again if you can truly say that you as a man don't have the desire to experience or to look at scantily clad women in bikinis and instead are thinking of god instead of those half naked women you are a liar it's built into our very nature. Same goes for women who look at men in that way.

If I am not mistaken he said he was disgusted by it. I would hardly call that lusting. Please refrain from name calling unless you are able to see inside of that persons heart.

If you had taken time to read the entire post I was referring to other posts on the first couple of pages that said there was nothing wrong with it which I stated in the very first line of my post not the person who started the thread.

Edited October 19, 2007 by Shad

[Shad]

I live in a very nice, homey suburb of Chicago, population 23,000. I was driving down Main St, Saturday, past the town's only High School, when I was confronted with 2 practically naked teenage girls with jewels hanging off their naked navels, with tiny stips of cloth across their chests in the name of bikini-tops, bouncing up and down with signs guiding them to other equally half-naked girls washing cars.

I was sickened to see such a thing in the parking lot of the High School. They're using sex to make money for "x" (I think it was the cheerleaders). Whatever parent said "ok" to their daughter doing this is insane. There are sexual preditors everywhere, one only needs to go online to find the ones located in their area (and those are only the registered ones). I think the message this sends to all school-attenders (young and old) is horrible. I could go on.... but here's my question:

Would you write to your mayor, school board, superintendent, principal or someone else regarding this matter? I have so much to say regarding this, but wonder if it's just because I'm a Christian and know how much this makes our boys and others stumble/lust, besides the fact that it's so demeaning and sends a horrible message to these girls regarding fund raising, their bodies, using themselves, modesty, etc. etc. etc. Would you write someone?? If so, what would you say? How would you approach it?

BTW, I have a 15 year old daughter in a Christian private school. My 16 year old son is in a special ed program at the High School where this car washing event took place.

When you go to the beach, you see bikinis. When you go to a pool, you see bikinis. When around water, I see no need to be wearing much more than a bathing suit. My wife has a belly button ring, and I absolutely love it. I think a lot of the problem lies in the fact that Christians can not control their own lusts, so they take offense at these trivial things. I do not really care how another woman dresses; it will not make me lust for her. I really do not see how such minor things could offend mature Christians. I guess we should all go back to the days when women swam in the big puffy dresses, and men wore the bathing suits that looked like a Union suit.

This is the post I was responding to so as there is no confusion I'll post my comments here as well.

I just went back and read some of the posts on the front page saying that because it's a car wash and water is involved it only makes sense to wear bathing suits and I agree to a point but why not require them to wear some type of T-shirt over the bathing suit top instead of only having that thin strip of cloth covering the chest area and buttocks region??? There are ways of dressing for these types of events that are sensible without having to show off the body in a sexual manner.

As far as beach and pool activities go those are totally different situations and even then I think that 90% of the suits or lack there of that are worn are tasteless. Can anybody say G-String?? I seriously doubt back in the bible days that when women went to the river to get water that they stripped naked because they didn't want to get their clothes wet. Satan knows that one of man's biggest weaknesses is the temptation of flesh and I have no doubt that he put the idea in the designers heads for some of the very tasteless things we see now days on the beach or at pool side in order to tempt us in lusting.

By the way I define lusting as looking at anyone in a way other than them being just another human being. If you can tell me that you can drive by a car wash with a bunch of teenage girls in skimpy bikinis and not have the urge to look you are a liar and already have sinned on top of lusting. Lust is much more than thinking of someone in a sexual manner but when it benefits one to have an excuse for something we tend to stretch our definition of the word "Lust".

The definition of lust is as follows: The simple definition of lust is having a self-absorbed desire for an object, person, or experience. When we are in lust, we place the object of our desire above all things in our lives. From a Christian perspective lust is bad because we are putting the object of our lust above God. When we are in lust, we have no thought of God and do not know Him.

Again if you can truly say that you as a man don't have the desire to experience or to look at scantily clad women in bikinis and are thinking of god instead of those half naked women when you drive by you are a liar it's built into our very nature. Same goes for women who look at men in that way.

Edited October 19, 2007 by Shad

[chicagoburbite]

First you need to determine if the event was actually on school grounds or on adjacent property next to the school then if it turns out it was indeed on school property I'd start with the principal to see what he/she says and if you don't get the response you are looking for then I'd move on to the Superintendent and then to the School Board if you don't get a satisfactory answer from the School Superintendent. Not sure what authority the Mayor would have on this subject.

It was on school property. They held it in the main parking lot of the High School. The road that goes past the school is 1 of 2 main roads for the entire town to get almost everywhere.

I agree the principal and staff will be contacted.

[chicagoburbite]

If I am not mistaken he said he was disgusted by it. I would hardly call that lusting. Please refrain from name calling unless you are able to see inside of that persons heart.

Godslove, I think you are confusing who Shad is refering to. I (chicagoburbite, female) am the original poster and am totally disgusted with the whole sexual-carwash scenario.

Shad was refering to HrJr and his statement saying that he sees no problem with these young ladies parading their bodies in the name of money making. HrJr also said he would have no problem seeing these ladies because he has a "drop dead gorgeous" wife.

Just wanted to clear that up