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on modesty culture in Judaism from my personal perspective. I do not speak as an authority on anything other than my own perspective.
on modesty culture in Judaism from my personal perspective. I do not speak as an authority on anything other than my own perspective.
“Walk modestly with your Gd” Micah 6:8. I do not believe HaShem would create mitzvot that perpetuate a sense of shame of her creations. Modesty, as HaShem proposed it has been written down and interpreted by men for millennia.
This causes an imbalance in what laws are created and enforced depending on gender. Modesty is about self-respect and in religious circumstances respecting of HaShem as well. Modesty is about empowerment and connection with HaShem.
Specific rules on how women in particular have kept tzunuit have changed over time but mainly involve wearing long skirts, covering hair once married, and wearing shorts that cover shoulders/arms.
Personally, I don’t believe that my connection with HaShem changes by the length of my skirt, nor does my hair become immodest after I get married. The rules we have seem to be more about preventing the male-gaze and enforcing a patriarchal system of control.
However, there is power in choosing to dress according to tzunit as both a fight back against creepy men and western social standards, just as it’s empowering for others to dress “sexily” or in figure showing clothes.
Modesty, is about your relationship with HaShem and imo shouldn’t change based on your clothing. I will hopefully live a life where I can choose everyday. The choice is what is empowering and however we choose to embrace the bodies HaShem gave us, She is by our side.
