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Isn't it more logical to say "society is trying to police men's bodies" instead of women's bodies?

I mean, on an average day men usually wear shirts that cover up to their necks and shorts that extend down to below their knees (their are exceptions, but very few). On an average day, women usually wear shirts that are u-shaped in the front, with much of the breast showing and shorts that go way above the knees.

If it's formal dance attire or even celebrities on the red carpet, women are allowed to wear dresses that show their midriff and many of these dresses are even comfortable. Men on the other hand have to be suffocated by dress suits that cover EVERYTHING from the neck to the ankle.

I don't know but it seems like if society is trying to police women's bodies, they sure are doing a very bad job of enforcing it.

Update:

@angel: Actually, I don't think it's women's nipples that were considered taboo by society. I think it has to do with women and what most of them are willing to uncover. Some women actually consider their nipples to be taboo, and it's nothing to do with society. It's actually the breasts themselves that are sexual but since women started showing more of their breasts and covering everything but the nipples, it's become sexual.

Update 2:

DinDjinn: Well women do a lot of that stuff by choice. Nobody in society actually forces them to use creams and stuff like that.

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  • 7 years ago

    We are all trained to be ashamed of our naked bodies, as well as the normal scents that emanate off of them.

    Clothing is not primarily for modesty, nor for protection from weather elements. They are for allowing the upper classes to show off their wealth with elegant clothing, while everyone else wears plain, functional stuff.

    Women don't have it so easy. Consider what it would be like to need all those skin creams, eye makeup and freshening their lipstick throughout the day.

    Source(s): Perception of what we look like. We should all do more of this, instead of staring at our cell phones all the time.
  • ?
    Lv 5
    7 years ago

    Feminism is utter nonsense.

    Women wear what ever they want.

    Anyone who judges or opposes them are raped by society.

    No one is policing anyone.

    Anyone who interprets woman being required to cover their nipples as being "sexist" is either a moron, or a sociopath with a feminist agenda. Since women always will be required to cover the parts of their body that are considered inappropriate by family friendly people, feminist will alway be claiming discrimination. FOREVER.

  • Lauren
    Lv 6
    7 years ago

    I think you're creating a straw-man and using two arguments for two different sets.

    1) You assume policing bodies means forcing people to cover up. It more often means in the US shaming for weight and aesthetics in general, and we see this most often in Hollywood and the media. In some ways, women have it rougher. You don't notice the trope of the sitcom show with the overweight husband and the rather attractive wife? But I think this ebbs and flows and many parts of the media are pretty conscious of this. It's not something I lose sleep over because there are outlets of expression in today's market for so many types.

    2) You allow that women don't show more of their chest because it's about what they are personally willing to reveal. Why could that not also be true of men who choose to wear longer shorts and normal un-v-necked shirts? So that's one thing.

    Basically I don't know of men who want to wear short shorts. And there is nothing in my day to day life or in the media that suggests this is an actual fashion thing. People respond to the fashion trends. If it were the case that a man was attempting to set a trend by wearing something you describe and he was shamed for that, then I would agree there is actual policing. Right now all you are talking about is the fact, the one we are all subject to, that people respond to fashion trends.

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    Not exactly, because if you look at it both genders are sexualized and controlled to an extent. And if you think about it, society is so bad about ones body that female nipples are taboo. They are seen as a sexual thing, which isn't the case for men. So much to the point where females can even breast feed their children because society sure doesn't want to give the "wrong idea" about what breast are for. Though it's fair to say that yes, men's fashions can be a little more covered and is marketed, females are equally objectified.

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