What are your clothes requesting?

Have you ever wondered why we wear clothes?

I mean, Clothing is a uniquely human thing to do, essentially unnatural in comparison with animals. Moreover, although some climates encourage it, others (like Phoenix!) certainly do not. So why do we wear clothes?

It’s pretty simple, really. Whereas Adam and Eve were created naked and unashamed, The Fall so deranged our sexual impulses that seeing another’s private areas strongly leads us toward seeing that person as a mere object or animal. We thus cover our bodies to protect our dignity as human beings against such objectification or animalization. We state with our clothes, “You must not treat me as a thing or a beast!” which is the most common and likely result of appearing naked to a stranger.

How terribly perverted, then, when we turn clothes into a medium of enticement. Tragically, rather than requesting respect and honor for the person, such attire virtually demands we treat its wearer as a mere thing.