Vanity vs Honesty

As most of our popular culture, everything is always changing. What is in while we are teenagers will be ancient in 10 years. The same goes for the wardrobes of women. I think that the clothing options have had a positive progression because of the acceptance of female sexuality. In the early 1920s women were extremely modest by showing little to know skin in their daily lives. Women were expected to be made up all of the time and that is something that I couldn’t even imagine. Being a Marian girl, there is nothing I love more than throwing my hair up every morning with no makeup. As you move into the 60s and 70s women began wearing skirts, dresses, and girdles. YUCK. There is nothing wrong with a more modest look, the problem I have with clothing is that even when mothers were cleaning the house they were expected to be in dresses or other types of uncomfortable, but nice looking clothing. It has been cool to see how slowly skirts have gotten shorter and more skin is being shown, but the central issue is the mindset of seeing women as sexual object rather than a person. Although in our time no type of clothing is surprising, there is still a sense of judgement from men and even older women when you wear something that makes your look like a “slut”. It saddens me that people really can’t look past what you are wearing. I hope the future for women is going to be

“Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.” (Fashion Quotes 1) The words once spoken by Henry David Thoreau are politically correct. People often look at Elizabethan‘s choice of fashion and ridicule everything about it from the hair, down to the stockings. As it appears, fashion has always been a broad topic of discussion in the world. Whether it is NY Fashion Week or a Macy’s fashion show, fashion is something that has always been an eye catcher. Fashion has been around for many years, and whether we know it or not, Elizabethan fashion has influenced the way modern fashion is today.

First of all, I'm going to talk about honor. It's not just about being honest, but it can also mean respecting others and being responsible for my actions. Our world main problem is that teenagers not having any respect for our authorities. We also don't take responsibility for our

Vanity is defined as taking pride in one’s appearance or status in life. People do not like to lose. When people feel as if they are losing something valuable to them, they will act in ways that are often unbecoming and sometimes uncharacteristically violent. Carver tells

In conclusion, the way people dress is indeed important. It has been important from the beginning of the ancient times until today. As much as we would like to believe that Hans Christian Andersen’s interpretation of “dress is not what is important,” there is absolutely no way that this is possible for us. We are shallow as a whole. Much like the Emperor was in The Emperor’s New Clothes. Works Cited

You create a great name for yourself knowing that others know you are an honest person. People can trust you with things and count on you for being accountable for keeping something they don't want to be shared. I have

It is important for me to be honest to myself and to others. Honesty is another code of ethic that is dear to me. Honesty to me

It takes a special kind of person to be completely comfortable with themselves, because we all have our insecurities no matter how insignificant they may be. Small lies are a common way for people to find some sort of connection with each other. For example, a person may lie about being interested in a certain type of activity in order to build some common ground or gain approval from someone. Even if the person lied in order to feel more accepted, they lack respect for themselves and for the other person because they aren’t happy with themselves, and therefore care about the other person’s opinion for all the wrong reasons. This lack of self respect often stems from more personal issues, characterized from lies by a person who cares little about themselves and focuses on what other people think of them. In order to be an honest person, it takes happiness and a strong sense of self-worth so that you are complacent with the person you really

Even in the society we live in today, we strive to look like someone else. The pressure definitely comes from others and the society we live in, I feel the only reason we look in the mirrors and dislike something about us is because we have an unrealistic image of what we want to look like.

Everyone follows the current fashion. People just want to fit in and be cool. In this generation, others make fun of the kind of shoes you have and what you wear. Therefore it makes us feel that we need to be like others and dress like others in order to be

Since I did not know the attire regulations of the St. Brendan Catholic church, I wore something that was acceptable to my church. I wore a long black dress, a blazer, and flat shoes in respect to the church. When I looked around St. Brendan church, I saw the members dressed elegantly. Most of the women were dressed in dresses and skirts and very conservative. Some wore a veil that covered their faces. It was interesting because I do not see that in my church. The men wore suits. I saw few teenage girls wearing slacks which I believe is normal because teens from my church and sometimes including myself wear pants in service, however, we get in trouble. I asked one of the members, Tammy, if it was acceptable for women to wear pants to this church and she said that it was a depravity according to the Bible, however, it has become an erroneous norm. She referenced Deuteronomy 22:5, a bible book, “The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God”. My pastor once told me a similar verse and this was why we also cannot wear jeans. I found in interesting that my religion the Catholics have similar

Jefferson asserts all humans must develop an honest heart to be successful and feel the greatest comfort in all times (Bender 160). In support, he reminds his readers how an honest heart benefits them (Bender 160). With the possession of an honest heart, people will acquire friends who love them for their honesty (Bender 160). Such relationships will bring distinction and advancement to their hometown as well (Bender 160). By pursuing the best interest of others and always being honest, people will regard these honest people with highest merit (Bender 160). Others suggest that they can lie to get out of all their troubles (Bender 160). Jefferson believes people who think this are wrong because lying will become a habit and take away all good

I didn’t truly understand it at the time, but as I grow older and mature I am beginning to understand more and more. Also, in that same conversation, my father told me about some of the people he works with and works for, and how they give back but often only in the spotlight. They will donate money when the attention is on them, or they will do charity events when the media is involved. Looking back at it, this is a very selfish idea. When do we hit that point in our life where we are so selfish that we can not help others; is it a conscious decision or are we just not aware of our actions? I have seen this same of idea of selfishness in my own experiences. I went to a very wealthy private school, with many students coming very wealthy families. Often these families would donate money to the school, but in return they expected a plaque or they expected something to be named after them, some kind of recognition. Some people will say this is not selfish because they are giving back; however, others will say this is a selfish action because they are only giving looking for a return.

Hugh (1898) further argues that people recognize that they are motivated, in most if not all cases by their need to advance their self-interest. However, when they reflect on this issue, they are mistaken by the urge to believe that the truth is the centrally of this. Actions that are meant to show concern for other people, such as helping the needy are self-satisfying to the actor, and they expect that they will their reputation in the society and obtain returned favors. A good example is that of political aspirant who might engage in a lot of philanthropic activities in his community to win the support of his constituents.

On the other side of the coin, some people do not care about fashion, and while this is fine, does not necessarily serve the person well. People are often judged by their lack of fashion sense. Even though people may not judge others by bad fashion sense on the surface, the issue does come up in the matters of job promotions and future success. If a person does not dress and carry themselves well, it shows a lack of pride in themselves, which may portray that a person does not care about other things as