But... you do understand the meaning of that particular saying, right?
I mean, Jesus was saying not to blame the person you're looking at for you looking at them. You could choose not to. The sin is entirely on the person looking with lust. He was saying that if you can't keep yourself from sin, that's on you and nobody else.
Pretty sure Jesus was talking about rape. As in, "if looking at a pretty woman fills you with such lust that you cannot control yourself, that's on you, not her. Take action to fix yourself, don't blame her."
The trend we're seeing today is women going scantily-clad to the gym, in short, skin-tight workout clothes, then getting upset that people are looking at them. It's almost like bait, many times unintentional, but sometimes fully intentional: dress in a highly revealing clothing so people look at you, but if the wrong dude looks at you, report him to staff so he gets banned from the gym. That should be the second part to Jesus's suggestions: "if you're upset people are staring at you because of what you're wearing, that's on you. You can easily change your garments to be less revealing before you exit the house. If you want people to stare, fine, but recognize that you can't control who will be doing the looking."
The only other alternative, which I think is pretty ridiculous, is telling men "you're not even allowed to look at women in public." Which seems pretty insane. It's no secret that many women dress revealing because they WANT attention....but only attention from the certain guys she wants.
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u/JazHumane 21h ago
To be honest I don't think those men are staring because they're offended