But, because of the outward modesty of her work, she was sometimes patronized, as in a 1973 review in the New York Times, for "writing as a housewife, putting up poems as another good woman might put up peaches". "I use domestic imagery and extend that imagery through the whole poem," Ms. Van Duyn explained in a 1993 interview with The Washington Post, "but I'm not writing about that.
And the Hasidic newspaper Der Tzitung has apologized for removing Hillary Clinton and Audrey Tomason from the widely used Situation Room photograph, explaining that "because of laws of modesty, we are not allowed to publish pictures of women, and we regret if this gives an impression of disparaging to women".
This solves some of the modesty issue.
It was hard to know how to take notes, and it almost didn't make sense to do so, because the modesty of his manner implied that any given comment was only pertinent to the case of the particular sentence under discussion.
Having set no limits on the creation of future incentives, the modesty of the suggestions was a surprise.
Or Gerald Ford and George Bush, Sr. who both refused to discuss their religious beliefs, because of modesty and the separation of church and state?
This is partly because the Muslim cameramen respect the modesty of Muslim women and partly because the women are inside their homes.
"Because of his modesty, this astonishing contribution only came to light many years later".
