I suppose I'd agree that "reducing the wedding to a display of sexual attractiveness" would be a bad thing. But, for me and probably lots of people of my generation, you'd need to go a lot further than that dress to accomplish that. While I don't particularly like the dress design, I just don't see it as that scandalous...
It's definitely possible to wear something like that, even to a wedding, just because one thinks it looks and feels good, not in order to particularly show off sexual attractiveness (well, "looking good" always involves some sexual attractiveness, but I assume that's not what you mean...). If the fate of the marriage can be indicated by the bride's clothing at all, it depends on whether she's dressing provocatively on purpose, not on whether other people see her clothes as provocative. I wore a backless dress when I got married, which I guess could be considered provocative, but I'm pretty sure my marriage will be fine. I'm not offended or anything, just wanted to explain that I know plenty of girls in their right minds who could potentially get married in something like this. Weronika On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 08:46:25PM -0500, Clay Blackwell wrote: > But tell me... what bride - in her right mind - wants to parade "down the > aisle" in a gown that doesn't even cover her bottom? (to use an antiquated > expression!) As the mother of a bride or a groom, I would be devastated to > see my daughter or daughter-in-law reducing the wedding to a display of her > sexual attractiveness. I'd feel the wedding was doomed to last as long as > the lust, and woe unto all after that!! > > Clay -- Weronika Patena Stanford, CA, USA http://vole.stanford.edu/weronika - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
