@Eilonnwy
This was interesting; it made me realise just how deeply ingrained our prejudices about the roles of men and women are. Of course, with regards to women wearing sexy clothes, it can mean different things from person to person. Some women might well be trying to attract sexual advances, or at least might not mind them. Others, like you, Eilonnwy, don't want men coming onto them (in the flirting sense, not... the other sense. Though presumably they wouldn't want them to do that, either). It makes me think that life would be so much easier if there were an official, universally recognised guide to sexual relationships. Crop top and mini skirt= I'm available and willing. Anything else would mean 'Look but don't touch.'
This was interesting; it made me realise just how deeply ingrained our prejudices about the roles of men and women are. Of course, with regards to women wearing sexy clothes, it can mean different things from person to person. Some women might well be trying to attract sexual advances, or at least might not mind them. Others, like you, Eilonnwy, don't want men coming onto them (in the flirting sense, not... the other sense. Though presumably they wouldn't want them to do that, either). It makes me think that life would be so much easier if there were an official, universally recognised guide to sexual relationships. Crop top and mini skirt= I'm available and willing. Anything else would mean 'Look but don't touch.'
'We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.' H.L. Mencken
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln