How easy it is to say that this is only for men! But it is not true. A woman must also have custody of her eyes, in order that her heart and mind may remain pure. Maybe not arouse, but poison ability to love
Perhaps her imagination and lustful appetites are different from a man's, but this does not exempt her from a struggle for purity. She must not allow herself to look at any picture or movie a man should not. To constantly feed her mind and heart with pictures of "super models", or even more normal women who are dressing and acting in sexual, provocative ways, poisons her soul. She may respond by subconsciously adopting similar dress and habits; she may respond by associating all things related to sexuality as forbidden and perverse. Both responses are harmful to her soul and her pursuit of holy purity.
Let her instead guard her heart through custody of her eyes. If a man should not look at something because it is revealing and perverse, then neither should she. In this way, her heart can be pure and she can respond with a deep and holy love to her husband's overtures, rather than suspicion or degradation.
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