Word: modestyã
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Dates: during 2004-2004
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...roles shouldn’t change with the hemlines each season, nor should they be reduced to a binary distinction. As Lyn Mikel Brown, an associate professor of women’s gender and sexuality studies at Colby College, told the Orlando Sentinel, “‘modesty??€™ sounds like pre- or post-feminist jargon for stepping back, acting nice, not making waves… I worry that what will follow is a push for girls to be more accommodating and conservative...
...effect is that what is a symbol of oppression to many Americans—the Islamic dress—has become a tool of individual expression. The government believes that people should subscribe to a basic level of modesty??€”and in their eyes, this basic level is defined by the Islamic dress—but as long as this basic level is met, an individual is free to express personal beliefs on issues ranging from modesty to politics...