In Islam, men and women share responsibility in upholding modesty and controlling their desires in society. Whether someone dresses or behaves modestly or not, the obligation to guard one’s own ...

If it doesn’t include social interaction, norms and a desire not to offend, it’s not modesty, CU Boulder philosopher Derick Hughes argues When it comes to definition, “modesty” doesn’t seem all that ...

Six weeks before my Bat Mitzvah, I went with my mom to a family friend who knew how to sew to have my dress taken out. I had fallen in love with suit dress — with its beautiful navy color, satin ...

In the first three posts of this series, we discussed (1) Irene McMullin's criticism of views of modesty based on ignorance, then (2) egalitarian conception of modesty, and finally (3) McMullin's own ...

Victoria Bateman, fellow in economic history at the University of Cambridge, explains how history has seen an almost constant battle for female bodily freedom and why recent events show a shift back ...

Celebrated on Feb. 1, World Hijab Day is a “recognition of millions of Muslim women who choose to wear the hijab and live a life of modesty.” A student on the campus of the University of New Mexico in ...

Modesty then involves not confusing the two types of worth. One may have larger-than-average extrinsic worth, but this does not affect her intrinsic worth. Neither, of course, does other people's ...