According to an Awake magazine from January 1968, mini-skirts are pure diabolical evil - an abomination that could only have come from the bowels of deepest Sheol. Ladies, just know that Lucifer smiles at high hemlines.
The periodical was published by the Jehova's Witnesses and it attempts to explain all the horrible wrongs being committed in the world (television is evil, music is evil, hippies are evil, yada yada yada) and how to shield yourself from the snares of sin. I'm sure it was published by a bunch of guys like George Rekers, the anti-gay co-founder of Focus on the Family who, recently, was caught with a male prostitute he'd ordered online.
I won't get into a religious discussion (this is, after all, a Miniskirt Monday post), so suffice it to say that I am not an atheist, but am not dumb enough to believe that an omnipotent trans-dimensional Creator of Time and Space could give a flying fart how you're dressed. Give me a break.
Here's a portion of the article...
Let me get this straight: If a woman wears a short skirt, she has no right to object to being "treated like a loose woman"? What exactly does that mean? If she is raped, can we say she had it coming? I wonder if this effed up reasoning also applies to wearing make-up - prostitutes wear make-up!
Excuse me, but if the sight of a woman's leg makes a man powerless over his own self control, then that man is fucked up to begin with. Ya think maybe the rapist is the one who needs amend his behavior, not the girl with a hemline that is too high? Another question: Exactly how high is too high for the Infinite and Divine Being? And does the Lord of the Universe approve of hot pants?
Well, I'll get off my pedestal now. I'll leave you with a few more images from this lovely magazine. Thank God, this was written back in 1968 and we don't have people like this nowadays. (sly wink)
