In today’s world, there are various slangs people use to communicate to themselves. Depending on the culture, environment, profession, office, business, age group and so on, people use slangs to communicate to their own when an outsider is in their midst. Some profession can’t do without the slangs and slogans of their profession daily as they go about their daily routines. However, there are slangs we use which have become acceptable that I think are not appropriate and could lead people to do things they are not supposed to do.
“Guy, you are looking “hot”. Look at that babe, she is looking very sexy”. These are some ways people describe others when they admire them. Instead of telling them that they are looking smart, lovely, handsome, beautiful, attractive, charming and so on, people now use the word sexy or hot. This gets me thinking because they also use it on and to describe things like cars, clothes, house, shoes, phones and so on.
The word sexy is an adjective that describes a sexually appealing person or thing. It could also mean sexually appealing, attractive, exciting or having interesting or appealing qualities. The word means different things to different people. What the word means to a man could be different from what it means to another man or a lady. A man once said when I think of someone who is sexy. I have to feel like underneath the surface she wants me to make out or have sex with her. Also, someone else said sexy is individualistic and we need to define it for ourselves. Being sexy comes from simply identifying what makes you feel good about yourself and highlighting what your best quality is. It could be in the shape of your legs, the witty comments you interject into conversations, the dimples of your smile or even your extensive knowledge of Harry Potter trivia.
Furthermore, someone once said that the word “Sexy” comes down to whether a person finds another person sexually appealing. That in essence is what 'sexy' means. After all we are not talking about whether we find a person to be charming, or brainy, or otherwise attractive or appealing. We are talking sex here, ultimately. That is the root of the word sexy. For some strange reason, the word has been taken out of context in the past 50 years or so and has lost much of its original meaning as a result. As has been pointed out, cars and electronics and computers and you name it, almost anything marketed today can be described as 'sexy'. Marketers quickly learned that sex sells, and so they feel now that calling a product 'sexy' is an easy way to sell it. This is a complete misuse of the word.
The previous paragraph captures my thought and I think we should really reflect on it a bit. Everything is becoming sexy because sex sells. Companies have realized that the best way to sell a product is by appealing to the minds of people with sex. As a result of this, advertisements carry and promote sex. Also, there is a thought that people run with in line with sex. They believe if you have it, you should flaunt it. As a result of this, men and women are going naked because they want to look sexy. This has become the order of the day in the fashion world among men and women. The word sexy sounds cool in the minds of some people. Whereas a guy could say that you are looking sexy because he feels like making out or having sex with you. Everyone wants to look, talk, and dress sexy; hence they go out naked or half naked.
Lamentation 3: 51 NIV says, “ What I see brings grief to my soul because of all the women of my city.
Lamentation 3: 51 NLV says, “My eyes bring me suffering because of what is happening to all the women of my city”.
Lamentation 3:51 CEV says “I am horrified when I see what enemies have done to the young women of our city”.
The above scriptures can be applied to men and women because men and women are guilty of what is happening in our generation and we have also become victims of the lies we are being told by others. The lies are to deceive and lure us into evil, sin and also to degrade us. When people dress in a “sexy” way by exposing their bodies, they are actually degrading themselves. This is why we need to know who we are by asking God our creator. When HE made Man and woman, he didn’t say that they were sexy, instead he said that they were good (Genesis 1: 26-31). His word confirms it in Psalm 139: 13 & 14 which says (TLB VERSION):
“13 You made my whole being; you formed me in my mother’s body.14 I praise you because you made me in an amazing and wonderful way. What you have done is wonderful. I know this very well”.
We were made by God in his own image and likeness. This shows that he made us perfectly well and when he made us, he said we were good. We all must know this and have it at the back of our minds that we are fearfully and wonderfully made or else we will become the “SEXY” being people want us to become. What he calls us is what we should see ourselves as and not what man, people, the society, Holly wood and friends call us. To call what God called good ’sexy’ is like telling God that he didn’t know who he created and what he is doing. Man is trying to play God and he is doing it at the detriment of mankind. We are trying to change the things God has made and the laws he has given us. No wonder there are terrible diseases, sicknesses, deaths, earth quakes, famine, wars, rapes and so on in our world today. As long as we are trying to play God, terrible things will continue to happen in the world. Wilson Ileogben
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