Clement developed tons of guidelines for every imaginable situation, so that a good Christian would know how to act.
For example, if you were a lady at a dinner party, and your toga, not being the most reliably fastened garment, were to slip and bare a part of your arm immodestly, and a man were to comment inappropriately on the beauty of your arm, a good Christian woman should respond:
"It's not public property."
Once when I was 14, I was wearing a camisole and a guy tossed a penny down my cleavage, so I then had to fish at it and wriggle to get it to drop out the bottom of the built-in bra and get it out of my shirt.
I think I told him to please not do that again. I can't remember if I laughed it off or just got stony-faced or went somewhere else. I know he apologized sincerely after reading about how I felt (dirty, uncomfortable, uncertain, embarrassed) about the incident on my blog.
But it strikes me that Clement is still relevant.
What do you say?
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