I don’t know about you, but sometimes I have a hard time watching football and superheros. Between all the spandex and fit bodies, there is just too much exposure on the screen. Spandex just isn’t the right material for men to wear.

But are superheros and football players the only culprits for men in immodest clothing? I don’t think so.

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I’m not trying to hate, honestly, I’m not. It’s just that I see it all the time: a hijabi/jilbabi girl with her brother/spouse; while she’s making an effort to cover her body… he isn’t.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s not like I see men walking around in spandex and muscle shirts. But I do see men walking around with their fitted shirts tucked into their pants that are a little too tight in all the wrong places. I won’t go into details, but I’m sure you can catch my drift.

I don’t think I’m alone in this realization. I’ve actually heard jilbabi girls complain that their husbands walk around in shorter sweaters that are alittle snug, and walk out the door without missing a step. Last I remember, men had to cover from their navel to their knees, and not just the skin. They need to cover the shape.

How come men don’t make it more of a priority to cover their bodies? I know it may not be as important, because women don’t have as much of a problem controlling themselves (I think). And you typically don’t hear about girls having as much of a problem lowering their gazes (typically). But for me, it comes down to an issue of fairness. If men don’t want other men knowing the shape of their wives bodies, well I think it’s fair to assume women don’t want other women knowing the shape of their husbands bodies.

And that means, other girls shouldn’t be able to tell how often you go to the gym, or how often you don’t go to the gym. They shouldn’t know if you’re well fed, or if you have been working on a six pack recently. They shouldn’t know where your waist is, or where your legs start.

I’m not calling for a mass movement of men to run out and buy thobes to wear 24 hours a day. But what I am thinking is that men should take more of an initiative to wear looser clothes, a little bit of a longer shirt, and not show off the shape of their bodies, good or bad.

Yes? No? Maybe so?