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Monesty varies from person to person, from religion to religion. Some religions cover their head, some don't. Some people don't see anything wrong with showing a little something, just as long as they don't get in trouble with the law.

My view is that I should not wear tight tops or low cut tops. I even extend it to not wearing regular shorts.(Well, except for the swimming pool.) Other than making me self conious, I believe that wearing this clothes promotes not so nice thoughts in the mind of guys. (There are perverts out there. For example, went to camp and there was a pervert. He did perverted things to all the girls. It went to the point he got kicked out. One of the only non victims was me.)

Christianity, my religion I guess, doesn't give any rules when it comes to modesty. I just adapted this from the world around me. I'm fine with this but it does pose a problem when I shop for clothes. There are hardly any clothes in the juniors department that fit my standards.

Let's face it. I'm not modest at all. I see modesty first and foremost as not attracting attention to yourself, not thinking you're utterly fantastic, and covering your body so as to avoid becoming a 'sexual object'.

Firstly, I believe that the human body is only sexual when it is thought of that way by the body's inhabitant. (Unless you have a scenario similar to 'invasion of the body snatchers') If I don't see my body as sexual, it's not. There's nothing obscene or sexual about it. I personally don't care how many or how few items of clothing you choose to wear, or how revealing those items of clothing may be. I think clothing (or the lack of it) is the sole concern of the person wearing it. In response to Magnolyn's point about the general public's discomfort with nudity, I disagree. While it may be uncomfortable for some people to be exposed to certain states of undress, it's really not their problem, is it?

As for and not attracting attention to yourself, I think different people will have different comfort levels about attracting attention and such, but as a spiritual goal, I don't agree with it. While some people may not be comfortable talking about their achievements, or wearing short shorts, drawing attention to themselves, I don't think that it's a particularly good or bad thing. They just are that way, like some people just like spicy food, and some people hate it.

However, and this is especially pertinent with the clothing-related side of modesty, I do think that people should be aware that their perceived lack of modesty may hurt them. The example that ffdarkangel brought up illustrates this: Yes, if you wear revealing clothes, you may be at higher risk for attracting unwanted sexual attentions.

Finally, here's where I stand in all this. I think I'm fantastic, I love attention, I don't wear particularly revealing clothes by modern western standards, and I really don't care if I'm modest or not: I'll just keep being the way I am, thankyouverymuch. What bothers me a bit is that some people see my vanity and huge ego as arrogance and thinking I'm better than everyone else. Not so. I think I'm fantastic, and I think almost the whole rest of the planet is fantastic too. I suppose you could say I have a universal ego. My immodesty extends to the whole of creation. "Look how cool life is! Isn't existing super?" And so forth.

Like I always say, If you have it, flaunt it. If you don't, front it and snap to death anyone who dare say otherwise.

I'm as modest as a porn star.

I can see that being useful in a holy place. If entering a temple, church, or other spiritial place, dress accordingly. For example, I have five dresses to wear to church. (Yeah, I probably only need one, but dresses, they are fun to buy xd ) I don't go to church anymore but they are still there. Okay, I am stopping before I take this off topic. I have been known to do that.