What Wearing Red Signals to Men

We have had some previous discussions on color and the effects it can have, and a recent article by Britain’s telegraph seems to back up our discussion on the color red:  The students then completed a questionnaire which asked them to rate, on a scale of one to nine, how attractive they thought the woman [...]

Facebook, Bikinis, and Catholic Schools

One Catholic school in the Philippines has decided that posing for a photo on Facebook in a bikini is lewd behavior: For posing in a bikini, and posting  photos in her Facebook account, a 16-year-old girl won’t be allowed to attend  her graduation ceremony on Friday. The punishment meted by St. Theresa’s College high school [...]

Business Dress Codes and Modesty

Appearance is everything in some jobs—especially jobs that are customer facing.  Employers occasionally make demands about appearance. At every place that I’ve worked professionally, the dress has been business casual—basically, a polo shirt or button down shirt and slacks for guys, dress pants and a professional shirt, dress or skirt set for girls.  Not to [...]

The Teacher/Student Sexual Epidemic

I was sitting in Subway with my family, getting a quick dinner before heading off to their latest T-Ball game.  We had just got our order and were sitting down to start eating when they walked in—two young ladies wearing what could be considered boxer shorts and tight shirts.  They were innocent looking—not trying to [...]

Miss California Keeps Her Title

I don’t believe a year passes without some incident with the beauty pageants, and I’m not all convinced that some of it is contrived for the purpose of trying to gain some sort of attention.  A competition based mostly on appearance (the way that a woman looks in a formal, a swimsuit, etc.), a couple [...]