A mother of four boys has pleaded with young women to stop wearing leggings as they look “naked” and she’s “ashamed for them”. Maryann White decided enough was enough and wrote a lengthy letter to the University of Notre Dame, entitled ‘the legging problem’, where she criticised the trousers as “unforgiving”.
Based in Indiana, USA, she wrote to the university’s newspaper, The Observer, where she raged against leggings, which she said look as if they’ve been “painted on”.
Maryann, who says she’s just a “Catholic mother of four sons”, pleaded with women to buy jeans instead of leggings for the sake of modesty.
She gave an example where she was personally offended by leggings, while attending mass with her family.
She wrote: “In front of us was a group of young women, all wearing very snug-fitting leggings and all wearing short-waisted tops (so that the lower body was uncovered except for the leggings).
“Some of them truly looked as though the leggings had been painted on them. “I thought of all the other men around and behind us who couldn’t help but see their behinds.”
a Catholic mom published an opinion in ND’s newspaper that leggings Lead Men Into Sin so we’re protesting our right to not be responsible for men and to not be constantly policed by morals or femininity #LeggingsDayND pic.twitter.com/bN7oTNheIc
— anne-marie (@anniejarr) March 26, 2019
She said people “couldn’t help but see” their bottoms which were “unavoidable.” While assuring her sons weren’t looking at the womens’ behinds, she worried about the others who were.
Maryann continued: “I thought of all the other men around and behind us who couldn’t help but see their behinds.
She said in a world where women are depicted as “babes” by popular culture, it makes it hard to teach boys women should be treated with respect.
Maryann added: “I wonder why no one thinks it’s strange that the fashion industry has caused women to voluntarily expose their nether regions in this way.“I was ashamed for the young women at Mass.”
just here with my PROVOCATIVE leggings that will tempt boys into looking at me…please. #leggingsdayND pic.twitter.com/16SlBvDaN2
— nicola (@nicolasliife) March 28, 2019
Maryann’s strong opinion has caused a stir online and at the University, with women wearing leggings in defiance. The hashtags #leggingdayND has been used across social media, with women proudly sharing snaps of themselves in leggings.
