Modesty and Moderation

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Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife

Self-improvement, Education, Mental Health, Sexuality, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 978 Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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This episode is the audio from a Facebook live that Dr. Finlayson-Fife hosted on the topic of modesty. Listen to learn more about: - The true meaning of modesty - Modesty as a function of self-respect - Unhelpful messages we unwittingly give to men, women, boys and girls about modesty - Helpful messages to replace those harmful narratives To learn more about Dr. Finlayson-Fife’s work, visit our Website, check out our Course Page, and take a look at our upcoming Events. You can also follow Dr. Finlayson-Fife on Instagram or join her FREE Facebook Group for greater access to her insights. www.Finlayson-Fife.com You can also listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn, and Stitcher. The advice offered through Dr. Finlayson-Fife’s Podcast Archive is educational and informational in nature and is provided only as general information. It is not meant to establish a therapist-patient relationship or offer therapeutic advice, opinion, diagnosis treatment or to establish a standard of care. Although Dr. Finlayson-Fife is a trained psychotherapist, she is not functioning in the role of a licensed therapist during these sessions, but rather using her training to inform these sessions. Thus, the content is not intended to replace independent professional judgment. The content is not intended to solicit clients or patients; and should not be relied upon as medical or psychological advice of any kind or nature whatsoever. The information provided through the Content should not be used for diagnosing or treating a mental health problem or disease. The information contained in these communications is not comprehensive and does not include all the potential information regarding the subject matter, but is merely intended to serve as one resource for general and educational purposes.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Dr. Jennifer Finlason-Fife Podcast Archive, where you have access to all the wonderful information Dr. Finlason-Fife has shared through hundreds of interviews.
0:12.0	I'm Mackenzie, Dr. Finason Fife's assistant, and we are so glad that you're here.
0:18.0	Today's episode is the audio recording from a Facebook live on the topic of modesty.
0:23.7	If you would like to join Dr Finlison Fife's free Facebook group,
0:28.4	you can find the link in the show notes below.
0:30.7	This is a question that was posted by a man. He said know what's
0:34.0	this is a question that was posted by a man he said growing up in the church I was
0:37.7	always really attracted to and appreciative of modesty and really judgmental in modesty.
0:44.2	This persisted until after my wife and I got married.
0:47.4	I still remember how on our first date
0:49.7	I made some comment about being really bothered
0:52.2	by all the inappropriate women and girls who wore leggings as pants.
0:56.3	Several weeks ago my wife bought leggings she wears his pants and were both just pleased as punch about it.
1:02.4	Now I still think that that I do think that
1:06.9	there are women out there who will deliberately sexualize themselves in ways
1:10.6	that are undignified and or that are motivated by manipulative or malicious intent.
1:16.0	While I do think this is a problem, I think the bigger problem for me personally is that I've spent so much time in my youth and young adulthood being conditioned to objectify women.
1:27.0	Yes, okay, and I'll say more about that a minute.
1:29.0	I objectified immodest, which I now don't think means what I thought it meant, women and girls,
1:36.2	by reducing them all to naive and careless about their bodies and the effect they would have
1:41.0	on boys and men, and especially me at best and deliberately
1:45.2	evil seductresses at worst.
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