More from the Below the Beltway mailbag:

Hi, Gene: What is going on in the brains of girls and women today? Why must they wear tight jeans or spandex shorts to bring attention to their butts? Or wear low-cut blouses or skirts almost up to the crotch? I am starting to understand why Orthodox Jews and Muslims have strict dress codes. I am a grandfather, but no matter how old a man is, it is distracting. Even at church services. I want to concentrate on the sermon and not some girl's bottom! What are they advertising?

Sincerely, Frank Barletta, Rockville

I also think this is a disgrace, Frank -- a shame and a disgrace about all those bottoms and crotches we older fellers are forced to look at. Unfortunately, gosh darn it, we live in an open, free society that our forebears fought and died for. So even though we men are cruelly victimized by this outrage, I fear it would be unpatriotic and un-American to require women to temporize their tailoring. And I bet Gina Barreca, my famous feminist co-author, agrees with me on this important subject. Right, Gina?