Inspiration in Conservative Dress: Beautiful Barrettes!

Inspiration in Conservative Dress is a reoccurring series of posts of various modest and feminine outfits to inspire other women to dress modestly and resist society’s pressure to dress provocatively and subscribe to “hook up” culture. Through conservative dress, A Lady of Reason sends a message of resistance to the “sexual revolution” and radical liberal feminism, and the upholding of feminine virtue. Arguably, this could also extend to the support for social conservatism in general. How we dress signals who we are in society. I also want to state that this idea is not mine originally, but done on another religious blog called The Catholic Lady. I was inspired by hers to make a secular version for A Lady of Reason. 

In this instillation of Inspiration in Conservative Dress, I want to touch on ways to accessorize your wardrobe! One way to do that is with a beautiful, feminine hair clip to give a finishing touch to your outfit! I personally love the ones in blue, pink and purple, as they fit colors in my wardrobe well. Of course, a silver or pearl hair clip would go with just about anything and is wonderful for dressing up a plainer outfit, or for formal occasions! The best part is, accessories such as hair clips are never “indecent”, thus unlike clothes, you can choose to wear any one you want! A thing as simple as wearing a feminine and beautiful hair clip can be a silent way to fight back against the masculinization of women, and dress like a lady of elegance and grace.

Raising Daughters to Become Ladies

Raising a daughter to turn out on the right path is hard for any parent, especially fathers! Our daughters are bombarded constantly with messages of hook up culture, promiscuity, acting “easy”, as well as the more radical feminist messages of masculinization and man-hating. Young girls are pressured to dress and act provocatively, mistake rudeness and vulgarity for “empowerment” by the feminist movement, and act unladylike and become more masculine to get ahead in life. Gone are the days of our daughters wanting to be feminine and lady like. Now, the next generation of young women are being raised to protest in the women’s rallies, believe that vulgarity equals empowerment, believe that provocative dress and behavior will “liberate” them from male tyranny. More and more girls do not want a traditional marriage, instead asking for flings and hookups, or live in boyfriends. Children out of wedlock are rampant, and sex is a handshake, not a milestone in life. Less and less girls are choosing to save themselves for marriage and value their own virtue. The “good girl” next door is becoming obsolete, and the vulgar obscene “feminatzi” the norm. What’s a parent who wants to raise daughters to become ladies and value traditional femininity to do? Even the PC liberal crowd acknowledges that girls are receiving damning messages sure to lead them to the wrong path.

I think the key to raising your daughters right is giving her your messages from day one. Don’t wait until she is a teen to start discussing such things with her, like sexuality and body image, and your values on relationships and standards. By then it’s too late. Wider society and her peer group have already infused damaging messages about promiscuity and radical feminist views. Even schools have promoted the radical liberal PC and feminist agenda! Keeping an open dialogue from a very young age is a great way to form a life long bond of trust and respect with your daughter. Don’t be afraid to address more “adult” topics and harder topics early on, such as promiscuity and the fallout, for example. Kids can handle more than we give them credit for. Hiding the hard topics only ensures you have no say in what your daughter will think, as she is already exposed to them early on. Openly sharing your own values in a non forced way will do wonders! My parents always were open about anything and everything, and did not hold the truth back . We talked about drugs, drinking, promiscuity, assault, and so on from an early age, and I was forewarned and forearmed, as they say. Because of what they talked about with me, I was able to be aware even of how my fellow peers fell down bad paths, and the sheer stupidity of many of the PC liberal ideas! It’s sad, but parents now have to talk about issues that even their child’s schools brainwash them to believe!

Mothers can teach their daughters, and be the role model early on for feminine behavior and dress. Mothers who embrace modesty in their own wardrobe will have daughters who will follow suit. Mothers who always tell their daughters the virtues of modesty, and the risks of provocative dress will more likely be taken to heart from a young age. Showing your daughters the lady you want them to be through your own action and dress speaks far more volumes than just superficially preaching it ad nauseum. Being a lady of elegance and grace yourself sets the tone for everyone in the family. Modeling healthy relationships and how a lady behaves towards the other sex will breed daughters that do the same. The vulgar women who were at the women’s rally brought their daughters, and I’m sure they’re learning how not to become ladies! Talk to your daughters about the shortcomings of the radical feminist movement, with it’s vulgarity, obscenity, and hypocrisy. Teach them not to just be passive victim, infantilized “damsels in distress”, as the radical feminists want them to believe, but to be empowered women accountable for their own actions. Speak the cold hard truth about how provocative dress invites unwanted attention, don’t just say you can wear whatever consequence free! Talk about how sex should be a milestone in a young girl’s life, not a handshake, and the value of marriage. Embrace feminine dress and actions yourself, and show them the way to becoming a lady of standards. Show your daughters femininity is not weakness, and becoming like men is not the way to “get ahead”.

Fathers too, have a very pivotal role in influencing daughters. Many who do not have a father figure in life become troubled and often go down the path into promiscuity and resenting men. The daughter looks to the father in how a man should treat her, and what men should expect from her in return. The father is often the one who helps his daughter set standards for herself in action and dress, and has a unique perspective a a man, as he can view her through a man’s perspective. Fathers who also keep an open dialogue with their daughters have daughters that learn to trust and respect men, not resent them as the radical feminists would like. Men, don’t be afraid of coming off as “patriarchal” and “sexist” for guiding your daughters towards the path of virtue as the radical feminists would like. Fathers who do not speak up when their daughters are going down the path of radicalism, promiscuity, and vulgarity are complicit in raising a dysfunctional person. Fathers also should set their own example in their own actions, as to what sort of man you want her to be with when she grows up. Fathers who embrace their manhood and are the strong man, the rock of the family teach daughters not to settle for less. Men who honor their women, protect their women and respect women in their feminine role also combat the feminization of men, into spineless sheep afraid of their own shadow! The feminist movement and PC snowflakes want all men weakened, so they can “dominate” and be “empowered” over their weak, puny husbands! A father who also stands up for his manhood and masculine roles shows that it’s okay to have different roles in a relationship, and not everyone has to be “gender neutral”. An active father in the family shows daughters that accepting the companionship and protection of a man is not a problem, but an advantage, as many of the radical feminists like to preach that a woman doesn’t “need a man”, and having one around is a sign of weakness. Actively teaching your daughters your values from a young age helps combat the detrimental messages of hook up culture and radical feminism, and shapes them into ladies of elegance and grace and one of standards in the sort of man she expects and when men ought to expect of her own conduct. Two parents who embrace traditional virtues and roles will raise children who will follow suit.

The key point for both, is an open dialogue where promiscuity, radicalism, and vulgarity is debunked, and modest and feminine behavior in action and dress is promoted. Parents, keep fighting the fight to reclaim your daughters from the clutches of hook up culture and radical feminism! Raise ladies of standards, elegance and grace!

Of “Girls” and “Women”…

Using the term “girls” to refer to women is yet another controversy brought up by the liberal feminists. An increasing number of women are beginning to argue that referring to grown women as “girls” is infantilizing and very insulting to women and sexist, as men often use the term. They argue that there is a double standard, in that one cannot call grown men “boys” anymore, and that historically, it had very ugly racial bias to it. On the surface, it sounds like they have a point, as men were often called “boy” in order to be hateful and demeaning, especially black men historically. The politically correct crowd have now made the word “girl” in reference to women to be an infantilizing, sexist and demeaning thing, like calling a grown man “boy”. However, the term “girls” in reference to women, has not had such an ugly past. No one really uses that term for women in a derogatory way, but more in a playful way, and towards young women. For example, no one has an objection to “girl’s night”, even older women can be someone’s “girlfriend”. A man could say that his sweetheart is “his girl” and it was meant to be a term of endearment, not an insult, albeit that being attacked too. It is true that older women are rarely ever referred to as “girls” at all, but for younger women, it is perfectly acceptable in society and no one took offense until recently. “Teenage girls” is still a phrase, even though they aren’t actual little girls, even young women in their 20’s might be called “girls” playfully by guys interested in flirting, ex. “Hey, you girls want a drink?” Many young women call themselves and their friends girls,  “I’m going out with the girls tonight…”. This whole new outrage over “women” vs. “girls” is over nothing. In the social contexts where it is used, it is used in either an endearing or playful way. No one who uses it in the examples above is trying to be demeaning or belittling women. Indeed, many women feel flattered to still be referred to as a “girl” in those contexts now and then, as when people stop, it often means you’ve become too “matronly” and too old to be seen as a younger woman anymore. The word “girl” can convey that the woman in question is still young and spirited.

Not to mention, we still call men “boys” in many contexts, without any offense at all! Take, “I’m going out with the boys to the game…”, or “Let’s support our boys overseas”. Does referring to military men as “our boys” insult them and belittle their service? No! The term is meant as one of endearment, and the implication that they’re like your son, to be supported and looked after. People can call their grown sons “my boy” and no one bats an eye! There are “boy’s clubs”, “boyfriends”, etc… In any thing, people can twist words around to insult people. However, in these cases, the terms “girls” and “boys” in reference to adults has many acceptable social contexts. Radical liberal feminists who decided to twist the meaning of referring to women as “girls” fail to see that one, the term “girls” never carried that ugly history of being used as a slur, and two, “boys” is still used for grown men in many contexts even today. I for one, am no fan at all of double standards, nor the infantilization of grown women, but I do not see either in the case of calling women “girls”. The new liberal feminist movement and PC snowflakes however, have done both time and time again! Before they rant and rave about supposed nonexistent double standards, they ought to check their own hypocrisy! 😉