When the word modesty is mentioned, everyone is not going to have the same definition as the others around them. Everybody will have the same dictionary definition for modesty, but not everyone would agree with your personal definition of modesty. I believe that modesty is an important thing in our society, a and I believe that it is fading away.
The term modesty may be used in various ways, to express the different meanings behind it. Today, this term is often viewed as the look of one’s appearance and behaviors that they exhibit. This form of modesty, the dictionary definition is behavior, manner, or appearance intended to avoid impropriety or indecency. When it comes to this specific definition, there is a level as to how modest someone …show more content…
All these sections are to avoid impropriety and/or indecency. The difference between the sections is how you choose to represent yourself. Modesty within your behavior is shown through how you act in public and everywhere you go. Having an immodest behavior would be doing something that could cause discomfort of any kind to another person around you in a public place, or at home. An example of immodest behaviors, could be described as yelling profanities, fighting, causing chaos, any action that could discomfort someone else. Like behavior, manner is another section of modesty, in which almost everybody learns while growing up. There are some actions of having good manners that show modesty. Holding the door for someone, saying excuse me to get past someone, and having table manners are all examples of how modesty is shown through someone’s manners. The last section of modesty is the appearance of one’s self. Modesty with appearance is viewed differently throughout the world, because of many variables. One of the biggest variables is culture, each culture having their own views on what a modest appearance should …show more content…
When it comes to modesty I agree that in most places your skin should be not be showing, for both male and female. I think that covering almost every place where skin is showing all the time is not required to show somebody’s modesty. What I see as modesty, is how someone carries themselves in public and the way their dress. To me swearing in public and yelling, is not keeping a modest behavior. Showing politeness and using common manners that everybody should have been raised with, is all takes to act in modest way. To appear modest in my eyes though, I see modesty as looking presentable. To look presentable, would be that you can walk in public and nobody is going to give you strange looks based upon what you are wearing. Sometimes what people wear may grab attention of other people, but its when the article of clothing is offensive to everybody around you, is showing a non-modest
The term modesty may be used in various ways, to express the different meanings behind it. Today, this term is often viewed as the look of one’s appearance and behaviors that they exhibit. This form of modesty, the dictionary definition is behavior, manner, or appearance intended to avoid impropriety or indecency. When it comes to this specific definition, there is a level as to how modest someone …show more content…
All these sections are to avoid impropriety and/or indecency. The difference between the sections is how you choose to represent yourself. Modesty within your behavior is shown through how you act in public and everywhere you go. Having an immodest behavior would be doing something that could cause discomfort of any kind to another person around you in a public place, or at home. An example of immodest behaviors, could be described as yelling profanities, fighting, causing chaos, any action that could discomfort someone else. Like behavior, manner is another section of modesty, in which almost everybody learns while growing up. There are some actions of having good manners that show modesty. Holding the door for someone, saying excuse me to get past someone, and having table manners are all examples of how modesty is shown through someone’s manners. The last section of modesty is the appearance of one’s self. Modesty with appearance is viewed differently throughout the world, because of many variables. One of the biggest variables is culture, each culture having their own views on what a modest appearance should …show more content…
When it comes to modesty I agree that in most places your skin should be not be showing, for both male and female. I think that covering almost every place where skin is showing all the time is not required to show somebody’s modesty. What I see as modesty, is how someone carries themselves in public and the way their dress. To me swearing in public and yelling, is not keeping a modest behavior. Showing politeness and using common manners that everybody should have been raised with, is all takes to act in modest way. To appear modest in my eyes though, I see modesty as looking presentable. To look presentable, would be that you can walk in public and nobody is going to give you strange looks based upon what you are wearing. Sometimes what people wear may grab attention of other people, but its when the article of clothing is offensive to everybody around you, is showing a non-modest