Writing as a big-sister mentor, Hayley DiMarco has written a number of books to give teen girls a biblical perspective on modesty, purity, friendship and obsession. Her goal is to give practical answers for life’s problems, and encourage girls to form stronger spiritual lives.
As stated in the introduction of her book, Sexy Girls is all about helping understand your body and how guys (and other people around you) look at it. It is a place to start to better understand your sexuality and how it can impact the people around you. Sexy Girls is a book that will help you better define who you are and how you can attract the opposite sex without losing sight of your faith and your commitment to purity.
The book starts off with the chapter Creating the perfect image: So who’s your agent? What is sexy? Are you? Do you want to be sexy ? Should you be sexy? And ultimately, what is the goal of being sexy? are some of the questions it tackles, with a self-analysis quiz to describe and work out your current image, and a ‘How Sexy are You’ Quiz.
Then the book is split into two stages, Stage One being Your Accidental Image.
One of the first questions it raises is: ‘Who are you targeting with your image?‘ and reminds you to figure out what your image should be according to your faith, and then develop that image. chapters dealing with your image include ‘You are what you wear,’ ‘tattoos and piercings,‘ and ‘Makeup: friend or foe‘. The book describes your face as the first thing that helps people determine who you are and how to react to you. In creating your best image, take a serious look at your face and how you decorate it and think about the statement ‘You act the way you dress’.
Then we get to Stage Two: Creating an Image you Love. This stage starts off by explaining Sanctification – process of becoming more holy, and Holy- being set apart, different from sinful world around you, being like God. It has a checklist to fill out titled ‘Gods Will for Your Life,’ a Self Analysis on your own image and clothing choices, and a chapter on making a Commitment to save sexy for your husband. It ends with a chapter titled ‘Dressing up party‘ with hints on how to wear clothing that on its own might be too revealing – e.g. adding layers – wear a t-shirt under tops that might be too low or too short; leggings or jeans under short skirts or dresses.
In the ‘Wrap up‘ final chapter, Hayley DiMarco encourages her readers, ‘It might be hard at times, but it will be worth it when you commit yourself and your body to your God…Don’t let yourself get frustrated…Dive into setting your perfect image and don’t forget to have fun along the way!’
