Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene said Christian women should dress “nicely and femininely” in order to avoid tempting Christian men.
Greene, a Georgia Republican who is a staunch supporter of the former president Donald Trumphas long faced backlash from both Democrats And Republicans because of the comments about Christianity. She was attacked for selling “Proud Christian Nationalist” T-shirts and sayings during a 2022 Turning point United States event that Christians should “live our lives and vote as if we were nationalists“.
In a social media post Thursday, Greene criticized conservative Christian women who she said are “selling themselves short and not being good role models by conforming to the sexualization of women around the world,” noting that her statement might be an unpopular opinion.
“If you are conservative and a Christian, you know that you don’t have to express yourself in a sexual way and you know that you are attractive by dressing well and femininely, and that you can be beautiful and modest at the same time” , Greene wrote to X. , Previously Twitter.
She continued: “Men will respect you more and have a much higher regard for you than just as a sexual object for gratification. It is also good not to tempt your fellow Christians and cause them to stumble. »
Greene concluded her message by calling on Christian women to be an “example to girls and young women by displaying actions that our faith believes in and that do not conform to the patterns of this fallen world.”
“Be the light, don’t fall into darkness,” she wrote.
News week contacted Greene’s press office by email Thursday for additional comment.
This might be an unpopular opinion and might hurt some feelings.
There are many conservative Christian women, who are influencers or leaders, who sell themselves short and are not good role models by conforming to the sexualization of women in the world.
If you are…
– Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) February 22, 2024
Her post received mixed reactions on social media, with some saying Greene does not represent all of Christianity and should not tell other women what they should wear.
“You have NO Christian values!!” job User X @suzannebeme1.
“I’m getting ready for The Handmaid’s Tale”, job @adhd_beans.
“Rich coming from @mtgreene, but why is it a girl/woman’s responsibility to dress/act so as not to tempt ‘their fellow Christians and cause them to stumble’.” WHAT ??? Isn’t a lot of power given to the weaker sex??? And tempting their brothers is another matter entirely.” job @LauraTripp57.
“It sounds exactly like the talk they give to women in cults,” job @ZPoet.
Others, on the other hand, expressed their agreement with the Republican representative’s position.
“Marge is right that men will respect women more if they respect themselves. The same goes for women respecting men. Ultimately, it is the brain that is the element the most attractive of any human being. At least in the long run,” posted X user Paul A. Szypula.
“They are. The culture of this nation must change,” job User X Ryan Wasielewski.
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