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June 11, 2000 - What if it was possible to allow women to firmly establish control over their own bodies without hiding their glorious physical beauty?

Thе Fіg Leaf

Since the supposedly 'infallible' Chrіstіаn Gоd began making corrections to his most beautiful creation, Woman, in the Garden of Eden, Man has sought to improve her first adornment - the fig leaf. Not until lately has he succeeded. The picture of Shoshawna above is an example.

According to the Bible, the fig leaf was Man's first act of shame. But, in reality, it was Man's first act of self-improvement. It was not meant to hide God's creation from God - which would have been silly since not only did God create man but he is supposed to be able to see all anyway. It was meant to establish Man's newfound sense of himself, of his own nakedness, of his most fundamental self. The same is true today. Clothing is a way for a man or a woman to establish their own unique identity, a way to show others that their body is their own, that they are a unique, sovereign entity. This, not beauty, is the primary purpose of clothing.

But what if it was possible to allow women to firmly establish control over their own bodies without hiding their glorious physical beauty? Wouldn't that be a wonderful thing? Unfortunately, there is something preventing it - the fig leaf of shame. Sіncе Bіblіcаl times its stigma has stuck to clothing like a perversely clinging dryer sheet, defying all attempts to brush it off. As skimpy as some ladies clothing has become, the fig leaf of shame is still there, underneath it. Even naked, a woman is forced to wear our moral scorn, our opinions of her immorality. The less she wears, the more we see the fig leaf of shame underneath it. Thus all attempts to allow the beauty of woman to show through by removing her clothing have failed, because she could not show her body without being perceived as immoral.

The solution is elegant transparent clothing. For a beautiful woman, the secret to being perfectly dressed is that instead of removing her clothing and keeping the fig leaf of shame underneath, she should take the fig leaf out from under her clothing and leave her clothing intact, letting us see through it. This way, shame, not clothing, has been banished. She is perfectly dressed and still we see everything God gave her, from her pretty face down to her pubic hair. Beauty - and morality - are preserved. Her body - and her moral character - are visible.

In 'paradise', knowledge, clothing and a sense of self were forbidden to Man by God. This would have made beauty like Shoshawna's impossible. Her character would have been invisible. This being true, I wouldn't have waited to get kicked out of Eden. I would've left on my own.

© 2000 by Dwаynе Bеll


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