Women’s bodies are treated differently than men’s bodies, in part, because men are physically and hormonally affected differently by physical appearance than women and because American culture at large grew out of a more puritanical lifestyle.
I don’t care much about what affects people, I don’t care about culture, and I don’t care about puritanical lifestyles. I also really hate the idea of acting differently in order to shield someone that you don’t even know from something harmless that they don’t have to look at or listen to. Most people are pretty stupid too, so should we make sure everything that we say is comprehensible to an incredibly stupid person? By this logic we should.
To say that things should change because they’ve always been the same is equally as arbitrary as saying that things should remain the same for the same reason.
I think things should change when there is no logic behind the existing standard.
Just because you are progressive and believe women should not have to wear swimsuits that cover their breasts, that does not make their acceptance by the culture objectively wrong and worthy of change. As far as not wearing a bra, I’ve been married long enough to know that there is something to be said for the support they give with regard to any amount of exercise.
I’m not progressive and don’t really care about any of this. I just don’t like the argument behind your side.
“A woman’s body isn’t treated as anymore obscene than a man’s.”
“Tell that to the top half of a woman’s body.”How is this a confusing or controversial response? Is it wrong? Men can walk around without a shirt, women can’t.
female breasts = private part private parts need to be covered up. how is that confusing?
This is possibly the most juvenile thing that you’ve ever said on this forum. Funnily enough, I actually agree with you that “private parts,” if that’s what we have to call them (I didn’t realize we were six year-olds), should be covered. Let’s be honest, most peoples’ private parts are quite gross looking and should be covered. In appropriate areas, like pools and beaches, there’s no reason for men not to have to cover their chests while women do. It’s an arbitrary double standard. The reason you refuse to explain the rationale behind your thinking is because there is none. So go ahead and go on refusing to elaborate beyond repeating that you’re right without using proper capitalization or punctuation.