Modesty and Feminisms: Conversations on Aesthetics and Resistance.

In the last decade, hundreds of advocates in blogs, magazines, and social networking sites have promoted modesty as an empowering style. By dressing and acting modestly, girls and young women are promised the capacity to effectively deflect sexual objectification. Popular feminist critics have respo...

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Published in:	Feminist Formations Vol. 24; no. 3; pp. 22 - 43
Main Authors:	Hahner, Leslie A., Varda, Scott J.
Format:	Article
Published:	Johns Hopkins University Press Winter2012
Subjects:	Postfeminism Autonomy (Psychology) Feminism Agent (Philosophy) Aesthetics Choice (Psychology) Modesty
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost