I have a strong urge today to address this overwhelming support for women having confidence in their bodies.

Let me start off by saying that, as a woman, I believe it is extremely important to have self-esteem. We should have confidence – we were made in PERFECTION, by perfect hands, by God.

We should have confidence in our bodies, in our minds, and our talents. We were made unique and awesome in very different ways. Not only should we, but we deserve to be bold, to be heard and to be loved.

As a woman, I have never been more ashamed to be a part of an era in which women vehemently demand respect, but do not seek respect.

I have always been taught that if I wanted something, I had to earn it – I had to work hard for it.

We do not get paid as much as our male counterparts for the same work. We are not taken seriously in professional environments. Prospective employers look at our backside before they look at our resumes.

And what do the majority of us – women – do to combat it? We objectify ourselves and one another.

We live in man’s world, and instead of rising against oppression, we have conformed to the standards a society of men have set for us.

Men said, “Pull your top down,” and we said, “I’ll do you one better.”

Men said, “Screw commitment, I’m gonna take what’s mine,” and we said, “Well, I’m gonna get mine, too.”

We wear skimpy clothing that leaves little to the imagination. We wear tops without bras. We wear undergarments in public.

We have, not only let this culture of objectification survive, but caused it to thrive under another name: embracing female sexuality.

Then, ironically, we ask society to stop, “slut-shaming.” We justify our actions by saying we are being oppressed by being asked to cover our nipples, and our cleavage, and our lower butt-cheeks. We cry out to men to stop sexualizing our bodies.

Our rebranding of an age-old injustice, however, does not mask our plight.

Our bodies are sexual. We are an object of desire.

And shouldn’t we be? Our bodies are beautiful – specifically designed to attract men and bear and nurture children.

Would we want it any other way? Do you want men to be less attracted to your girly figure? Well, that wouldn’t make much sense, would it?

You say we should be proud of our God-given figures. We should. I am. In honor of this beautiful gift, I choose to cover what I can to glorify Him, to mask my flesh for the sake of one man who proves worthy.

I say we, because we are women, and if we don’t stand together, then we will fall in an abyss of moral degradation.

So no, I don’t think it is professional to dress in tight clothes that accentuate your most sexual assets to teach an elementary class, who have lustful temptations even at such a young age without any prompting by culture, according to kidshealth.org and numerous other sources.

Personally, I think it is outrageous that a woman would distract her students from learning in such a way and be held to a lesser standard than the children she teaches.

Since when are we expected to forgo modesty for the sake of embracing our sexuality? Can we not have both?

I’m sorry if this article makes you uncomfortable. It makes me uncomfortable that women all over our country are lowering the bar, for the sake of “fashion” and for the sake of “women’s power” and the doctrine of feminism.

To me, the mark of a truly remarkable woman is not in her ability to have plunging necklines, but in the perseverance that only women can have.

As a biological sex, we bear the most. We are challenged and, thus, equipped to withstand everything which a man cannot. We were divinely chosen for the noblest of tasks.

So while we may live in a man’s world, we can find comfort in knowing that while men will have their glory, we may have the honor of being women. All 3.5 billion of us, proud.

"What if I fall? Oh, but my darling, what if you fly?" Eric Hanson