Blogger Veronica Partridge Claims She Will No Longer Put on ‘Lustful’ Yoga Pants To Respect Her Husband

One lady has determined to eradicate an article of clothes from her wardrobe totally as a approach to enhance her marriage.

In January 2015, Christian blogger Veronica Partridge, then 25, penned an essay titled “Why I Selected to No Longer Put on Leggings,” the place she admitted that she would now not adorn the piece of clothes out of respect for her husband.

Partridge stated she is going to now not put on ‘lustful’ yoga pants as a result of it is ‘disrespectful’ to her husband.

The 25-year-old mother-of-one defined that her choice to eradicate leggings from her wardrobe happened after discussing it together with her husband, Dale.

She claimed the selection weighed “heavy [on her] coronary heart,” and that she did it to encourage fewer “lustful” ideas in males.

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“The dialog was about leggings and the way when ladies put on them it creates a stronger attraction for a person to take a look at a lady’s physique and will trigger them to suppose lustful ideas,” she wrote in her weblog publish.

“God actually modified my coronary heart within the midst of that dialog and as an alternative of ignoring my convictions, I figured it was time I begin listening to them and take motion.”

Partridge realized, after talking together with her husband, that whereas he deeply respects her, his eyes will nonetheless wander to different women who wear yoga pants or different tight-fitting apparel.

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“Certain, if a person needs to look, they will look, however why entice them?” she continued. 

“Is it doable that the skinny, form-fitting yoga pants or leggings might make a married (or single) man take a look at a lady in a approach he ought to solely take a look at his spouse?”

After mulling over the thought, Partridge determined to make a “private vow” to solely put on leggings or yoga pants at house, and never in public for anybody however her husband to see.

Partridge revealed that when she spent a couple of weeks not sporting leggings in public, she felt her conscience had change into “clear” and that she’s now “honoring God and my husband in the way in which I gown.”

“I additionally wish to set the very best instance of learn how to gown for my daughter. I need her to know, her worth just isn’t in the way in which her physique appears or how she attire, however within the character and persona God has given her.”

Partridge’s husband supported her choice to now not put on leggings in public.

Her weblog publish garnered the eye of many individuals and landed each her and her husband, Dale, an interview with Good Morning America.

Whereas speaking on the show on January 21, 2015, Dale admitted that it was not a lady’s accountability to cease a person from considering of them sexually — however stated he “appreciates” their supply to cowl themselves as much as “assist” deter males’s undesirable advances.

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In an interview with PEOPLE in January 2015, Partridge identified that she had no intentions of attempting to sway different ladies to comply with her lead.

“I used to be by no means attempting to begin a motion or attempt to inform ladies learn how to gown,” she informed the publication. “I used to be simply sharing my private choice on my private weblog.”

Many Christians have argued and proceed to argue that “immodesty” reveals an absence of care and respect for your self and your companion.

By asking women to “cover-up” as a technique to respect their faith and its beliefs, they consider they’re stopping ladies from being sexualized and objectified.

A author, who goes by the pen identify L.P. and founded the site No Shame Movement, rebutted that insisting modesty upon ladies truly solely additional objectifies them.

“The church remains to be closely invested in policing and controlling ladies by making them consider they are going to be thought-about ‘respectable’ if solely they comply with XYZ guidelines,” LP told Refinery29 in January 2015. 

“In the event that they don’t, they’re chargeable for no matter occurs to them.”

This reinforces dangerous victim-blaming and defines ladies as sexual objects as an alternative of giving them their very own company.

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Nia Tipton is a author dwelling in Brooklyn. She covers popular culture, social justice points, and trending matters. Sustain together with her on Instagram and Twitter.