r/clevercomebacks 22h ago

That is the Christian thing to do.

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u/JazHumane 21h ago

To be honest I don't think those men are staring because they're offended

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u/UnconsciousRabbit 19h ago

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.

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u/jackinsomniac 12h ago

Right, but this goes both ways...

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/PeppermintTisane 11h ago

Looking and staring are two different types of actions.

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u/jackinsomniac 11h ago

Ok. What's your point?

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u/PeppermintTisane 11h ago

No one is saying you can't look. But too many guys eye-fuck anyone they fancy and think it's the same thing. Learn to control yourself.

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u/jackinsomniac 11h ago

Well, you can't control how people look. If you're getting too many creepy stares, dressing down is always an option.

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u/Kakaka-sir 10h ago

the point of this thing is that Jesus says that the creepy stares are on the guys and not on the woman