Christian Butt Pics

Ladies, all of those pictures of your buns might not be that innocent.

Anyone who has ever spent any time on social media has probably noticed, that often times, when women share pictures of themselves their boobs and their butts have a funny way of photo bombing these otherwise innocent pictures. Honestly, what woman hasn’t gone to take a selfie of her face and had her uncovered boobs just mischievously jump right up into the pic? Or, when trying to take a picture of your back had the frame too wide and accidentally got your uncovered, or perhaps tightly covered butt in the pic. Just speaking frankly, if I had a dollar for every time that’s happened to me, I’d be a rich man.

However, given the volume at which these accidents happen, I think it would be completely reasonable to conclude, that some of these pics are actually intentional and not accidents at all. So then, given the reasonableness of my hypothesis, that these are not accidents at all, why do women do this? There are a multitude of reasons, the likes of which we certainly can’t explore now. However, I think all would agree, if nothing else, that said pics are a way of eliciting attention and affirmation, not just of men but also of women.

With men, this is obvious. The flesh always gravitates towards the flesh. I’ll show you a pound of flesh and you give me a pound of praise, for which the market is never in short supply and seems to be ever growing. Again, this much should be painfully obvious, however, I also said that women share these pics not just to elicit the attention and affirmation of men but also of women, albeit, not in the same way. Women aren’t trying to elicit the attention of other women in a lustful, lesbo way.

An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but so too in many ways is her beauty. Every woman, in some respect, longs to be Eve. The only woman in the Garden and the object of pursuit. Or the standard and archetype of feminine beauty and desirability. In short, whether, known or unknown, intentional or unintentional – often, these pics are shared to elicit the lust of men and the envy of women. Men will look because they want to consume and women will look because they want to compare.

At this point, I think most would agree, if not reluctantly…because you know, it’s kinda hard not to notice and all, the boobs and the butts are simply a means to elicit a desired end. Most Christian women, with the exception of some big Eva types would be disgusted by these pics and see them as a painfully obvious way of trying to elicit attention, and they would never do such a thing…though many come to church dressed like they are taking the twins out for a night on the town or wear their pants so tight that they definitely don’t want you to notice their thong, tha-thong, thong thong. But these women are way too holy to ever take a picture of said crackery on either end.

So this does happen in Christian circles as well, but far more often than not it is nowhere near as obvious…in fact, the Christian equivalent of the butt pic is considered respectable, and dare I even say desirable. Remember the real problem isn’t the boobs or butts…they are simply a means to an end…so let me just pull the band aide off, or rather pull the pin on the grenade.

Lots of Christian women, we’ll say, myriads upon myriads, at least within respectable circles while being very respectably holy and such, posts pics to elicit the exact same response – namely, attention and affirmation, they just do it in a very Christianly way.

Here is a picture of some sour dough I just baked, here is the latest D.I.Y. I just did all by myself, here is a random pic of me smiling with all of my children which we do all the time, or here is a pic of the perfect meal I just baked or of some stupid essential oil or homeopathic healing potion I just concocted, or here is a picture of me spontaneously milking my cow on my homestead that someone just so managed to get a picture of - weird.

Or here is a video, of me describing how awesome I am at hospitality, or of me describing to you how you can have a perfect home and marriage like me, an early thirty-something who has three kids and knows everything. Or my favorite, the humble videos or pics that are meant to communicate that, they too, don’t have it all together, just like you – which means they are real and relatable while still being better than you. Wow, she does it all!

Some may protest at this point, by saying, the former – boobs and butts are obviously gratuitous, while the latter is commendable and such – older women teaching younger women and Proverbs 31 and stuff. I would argue that this is not the equivalent of the older women teaching younger women how to manage their homes, and the Proverbs 31 woman is not someone who has to toot her own horn on social media. Perhaps, before you post those awesome pics of yourself being awesome you should ask yourself, “is this really an example of an older woman helping a younger woman manage her home?” Perhaps, a good question to ask when watching a video is, “is this video instructive?” “Will this information help me manage my home better, or is it just self-exalting?”

Or, here is another one for you. What in the world is the context? Yeah, this chick may seem like she has it altogether in a video, but her husband is a stay at home dad, so his wife can help the world be awesome Christian women, which is why she has so much time to be awesome and have it all together and stuff. Who is the face and representative of the home? Who is the head? Be careful what you want to imitate – again the flesh gravitating towards the flesh and stuff. Ask yourself, who is the spiritual head and public face of this household? Do you know who their husbands are? Do you really care? Do you think that matters?

Also, context is everything. Boobs and butts have their proper context as well…namely,

marriage, not public consumption. A women who keeps her home does so for the glory of God and her husband. It is a wonderful thing that a woman would keep her home and keep it well. Also, I’m not saying that there is never a place, or a proper context with which to share said homemaking tips. I’m saying, that the vast majority of the time it is the equivalent of the Christian butt-pic that is meant to elicit envy in other women.

More often than not, these pictures, posts and videos are not reality, or at least, are only half the story. More often than not, they are the equivalent of an airbrushed ass and no one is going to call it out because it can be good as far as it goes and because it’s respectable and stuff. Pride and self-righteousness often look good on the surface, kinda like a white washed tomb or something. A woman who is content in the Lord and her husband shouldn’t need to elicit the praise and affirmation of other women because of her buns…sour dough of course – you go girl.

Can these types of pics, and posts and blogs and websites ever be helpful? Certainly, but often times this just becomes a medium for women who are desperate for attention and affirmation, who are not getting that from their husband and seek it elsewhere in a respectable way, or a medium for proud, self-righteous women to elicit envy in a respectable way.

Lady Folly…you know, the one who is portrayed as a whore, is the one in the marketplace and in the square tooting her own horn…she is loud and boastful – which still holds true, even if’s disguised in Christianeze. No one takes the picture of the dry morsel of the quiet home, but these are preferred over the house full of feasting where strife is (Prov. 17:1).

A woman’s identity is to be found in Christ, not in some whitewashed social media ideal.

Likewise, the standard of a well-managed home is to be found in Christ not in some social media ideal any more than your standard of beauty is to be found in another woman’s butt. If a woman is trying to elicit lust in a man, we rightly call it out. If she is trying to elicit envy from her sisters in Christ we should call that out as well, even when it looks super holy, or perhaps especially when it looks super holy. So ladies, nobody cares about, or wants to see your buns…sour dough of course.

Cheers