modesty
British Jews object to ultra-Orthodox sect’s decree banning women from driving
By Trevor Grundy — June 1, 2015
(RNS) Education Secretary Nicky Morgan described the decree as “completely unacceptable in modern Britain.” But pushback has also come from the larger Jewish community.
NJ students attend Mormon Prom for a ‘modest’ celebration
By Janelle Griffith — May 13, 2014
(RNS) The prom was free to attend, but under one stipulation: Teens were required to sign a pact agreeing to dress and behave modestly, to dance "appropriately" and to abstain from using alcohol or drugs.
Does Mormon modesty mantra reduce women to sex objects?
By Peggy Fletcher Stack — March 4, 2014
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) The church's message remains largely the same: Cover up, lest you cause the males around you to sin.
Modeling agency helps demure Muslims keep it ‘Underwraps’
By Omar Sacirbey — January 30, 2013
(RNS) Nailah Lymus argues that there's greater demand for modesty than perhaps the fashion industry realizes, and that it will need models to respond. Since launching her Underwraps modeling agency, she's received more than 400 queries from aspiring Muslim models from the U.S. to Indonesia to Great Britain.
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