Might we see a return to modesty?

Resisting the cultural forces that objectify young girls
An article by Colleen Carroll Campbell:

When Paris Hilton was sentenced to jail last week for violating her probation, the hard-partying heiress won yet another 15 minutes of fame guaranteed to captivate her young admirers. Like her party pals Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan and Nicole Richie, Paris has parlayed poor judgment and vulgar exhibitionism into idol status among America's teen and pre-teen set.
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Today's pop culture tells women that sexual power is the kind that counts most and that they can achieve it by showing skin. That message has trickled down to girls, forcing them to trade carefree childhood pleasures for sexual competition.

Fr Hardon reminds us that modesty is a "pro-life" matter:

Modesty is a pre-condition for chastity, and chastity is the pre-condition for the culture of life.

...the modesty we are speaking about is Christian modesty. Consequently the norms for practicing modesty by a follower of Christ are as much more deep and demanding as Christian morality is more elevated than what the world identifies as propriety.
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Without modesty there can be no chastity; without chastity there cannot be respect for human life; and without respect for human life there can be no civilization that can survive. This is the verdict of history. The only problem is that so many people ignore this history and condemn themselves to repeat its tragedies.

Let us hope and pray that we see a return to the practice of Christian modesty which will further a restoration of a much-needed Christian culture to our nation and the world.