Judging a book by its cover - and a whole side rant

I came across this article on a nice, juicy Jewish news web site. Read the article title, look at the comments, then actually read the article.

I love the the way sites like this portray the 'news' with attention-grabbing headlines that have little to do with the actual article. VIN news knows exactly how people react once they throw the word "gossip" into the equation. It's really just a way to stir up idiotic discussion in the comments section - barely anyone, except for one lone comment, noticed that the study's definition of "gossip" as an activity with health benefit is not quite synonymous with what we would call lashon hara. Take a look at comment #4 for a nice, hearty laugh, if you need a pick-me-up today, BTW.

I'm surprised tznius wasn't dragged in to the discussions here, given the propensity of these sites' commentators to link the most obscure news story with that topic. Which brings a slowly spreading evil smile to my face that my wife knows all too well as a thought flashes across my mind - look at some of the posts that elicit tznius discussions on that other font of journalistic wisdom, YWN. Seriously, if innocent stories or posts about bubby's beano cholent recipe (OK, I'm exaggerating, but not much) elicit virulent posts on the decadent degradation of tznius amongst our holy bnos yisroel, there's something screwy in YOUR brain, my friend. If you're thinking about tznius that much, get professional help. My guess is that something other than normal bodily functions are going on in your bathroom, and you just gotta be defensive. I apologize for the, um, inappropriateness of that remark, but probably true to some extent.

Which brings me by way of natural segway to another pet peeve. Can't we let or leave discussions or lamentations on or of tznius issues or problems to women??? Or include them in the klal's discussion (besides the usual classroom lectures on inches, hemlines, and bodily areas)??? We read about kol koreh after asifa after speech after proclamation after blah blah blah on or about this issue, largely uttered by men to men instructing men on how to be manly about 'bettering' our wives. I'm not ch"v saying that achieving the highest levels of tznius in dress is not desirable. Nor am I denigrating those who make the decision to approach the issue this way. I just think it don't WORK. Does anyone really think most women want to be dictated to? Does anyone really see that constant harping on just one corner of the concept of 'hatzneia leches' can distort the chinuch we should giving our kids on what it really means?
Please comment - will this approach likely and generally turn our women onto or off of at least to attempt achieving a higher level of tznius than they already may observe? Does the incessant drumbeat of the "tznius = long sleeves and skirts" credo REALLY educate our children on what tznius means, in totality? I'm curious.

And I have absolutely no idea why this even crossed my mind at 3:00 PM EST.