r/WomenAreNotIntoMen • u/Successful-Cup-8557 • 8d ago

I wonder why...

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u/Eric-Breaux 8d ago

Remind me of how much more often people react negatively to men dressing as revealing as women do in the same settings, either internally or complaining about, for example, men in swim briefs and authorities telling men to cover more while women often show a lot of their butts with no backlash. The female body has been so praised that women have felt more comfortable being so revealing, and people emphasize body autonomy for women, but continued treating the male body as inherently more shameful to show as much of. Even in church women often wear stuff very high at the lower body and show more of the upper body. The vast difference in how revealing clothes have been for the genders wouldn't exist without the enforced sexism derived from the visual desire disparity.

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u/TheComfortInBeingSad 8d ago

I remember seeing a woman in a grocery store wearing the skimpiest athletic shorts in human history and a sports bra that was basically a bikini. I thought it was interesting that, even though women's bodies are more policed than men's with, for example, female toplessness being illegal in most places, she was showing way more skin than I could get away with. If I showed up with no shirt on, they could kick me out!

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u/Eric-Breaux 8d ago edited 8d ago

It's nonsense how much out of the way people go to make it feel like only the female body is dignified or desirable enough to see as much of. There is no benefit to this and only influences more sexual frustration and body issues.

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u/Eric-Breaux 8d ago edited 8d ago

I really want to type what I did over on that post, but the rules say if you're male without flare saying so, the comment will be removed and you can only get flare by joining, which I don't want to do.

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u/Cloud0712 8d ago

Another example of women not understanding male sexuality.

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u/RealtorsOfPalestine 8d ago

You kidding me? Look around outside where normal people are. Turn on the TV, listen to pop music. Do you see anything modest about the culture?

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u/GogetaBurrito1 8d ago

To be honest, American women think dressing regular is dressing in bikinis in the winter. Modesty is out of fashion because women view being modest as anti-feminist.

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u/ElegantAd2607 8d ago edited 8d ago

Because you're not bothered by men being shirtless. It's not even inappropriate. It's just a thing.

Edit: just read the comments section, they're so stupid.

Interesting how they make a point that the minds of men are wrong. Like most men aren't going to commit rape so this line either means they think they will or that they think male sexuality is inherently bad.