Should a woman be treated differently if...

[Angrboda]

Whether people are dressed in accord with the expectations of the particular context and role the person is inhabiting tends to be a stronger incentive to view a woman as a sex object. If I go to a fancy dinner ball dressed in hot pants and a tank top, that seems to advertise my sexuality more than if I wear the same outfit to the beach. I think it is the disparity between the context and the dress which makes it an issue of sexual objectification. Children in particular are expected not to advertise themselves as sexual, so their dress comes under greater scrutiny for conforming to the expectation of the role. A child wearing a bikini top at the beach seems okay. The same child wearing a bikini top at school, not so much.