I had just parked my car and was walking across the car park to the eastern entrance of Sheraton Mall. Walking in front of me were two ladies, one of whom wore an extremely short skirt, which was made of a light material.
With every step, she was trying to stop the skirt from blowing up but the wind was winning the battle. As she climbed the steps she struggled to keep the skirt down and I responded, “why yuh trying to keep it down for? You dun know you put on that skirt to show off de stuff, stop pretending. If yuh uncomfortable wearing it, why yuh put it on in the first place” The lady looked at me, “cock up” she eye, stupsed and walked away.
I was brought up as a child believing that a woman’s body is honourable, sacred and should be respected.
Over the last ten years, I have recognized that more and more females wear less and less clothing in public, most of which is very provocative, seductive and enticing. These days, I see children, teenagers, young adults, adults and even the over 40s participating in this distasteful practice. Many may not see this as a problem, but I see it as a threat to what is left of our national morality, decency and ethical standards.
The three hardest things on this earth to control or master are your stomach, tongue and penis/vagina (sex drive). We are slowly losing the “stomach” battle as Barbados is ranked in the top 20 fattest countries in the world and many of our citizens are overweight.
We are slowly losing the battle of the tongue as many of our citizens use their mouths as weapons to curse and degrade others and it seems like we are losing the penis/vagina battle as more and more people are graduating from the University of Slackness with a Master of Arts degree in adultery and sexual perversion with a minor in deceit.
Men and women were created differently (even though a feminist group on Facebook would argue otherwise). Men are stimulated more quickly by what they see while women are generally more quickly affected by what they hear.
Each day as I travel through this country I am constantly surrounded by breast, leg and thigh as if I am working at a fast-food restaurant. As a male I am turned on by what I see but as a man I am quickly turned off. As a man I have standards, one of which is that a woman of value dresses with honour and decency.
Many men like to view all the flesh being displayed but don’t want to own it. I was sitting on a block chatting with some fellas a while back and one of them said to me: “Corey, in a few years I am going to settle down and marry a clean, decent Christian girl.”
I asked him what was wrong with the girls he was dealing with. He responded: “None uh dem cuh neva be my personal girl. Furthermore, my personal girl can’t leff home so.”
I have questioned a few females as to why they wear this type of clothing, and I generally get two answers: this is what the stores selling; and this is the style that wearing.
As sad as those responses are, it is true.
Last December I spent four days trying to find a dress for my wife to wear to a wedding. I was so disappointed and frustrated that almost every single store I visited had only dresses that were too short, too tight, transparent or designed to reveal cleavage. This is why my wife and I choose to do most of our shopping overseas or on the Internet – at least we will have reasonable options.
I find it quite amazing that there are some things in our possession that we value so much that we would not show or share with the public, yet some women show and share their bodies with every Tom, Dick and Harry.
Where purpose is unknown, abuse is inevitable.
One of the purposes of a woman’s body is to be a gift for her husband to treasure and honour – and vice versa.
• Corey Worrell is a former Commonwealth youth ambassador.
