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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]
Honest question... could you please help me understand why those kinds of clothes are a problem? Thanks!

I get that certain places have rules, and while I disagree in some ways with most dress codes I can acknowledge that I think they should almost always be followed, but I don't actually understand why any sort of clothing is specifically bad.

I guess I'm rather clueless, or at least not mainstream in my views.[/quote]

This is my understanding of why it's an issue. There are areas of the body that we consider private, personal. For boys and girls, the genitals and the buttocks, and for girls the chest. Adults expose or accentuate these areas when trying to attract other adults. They will wear revealing, close cut clothing. If a child wears clothing that mimics that sexual enhancement, we read it as "wrong" because we're reading it as a child doing something to sexually enhance themselves. Those of us who don't see this as a particular issue understand that a young child wearing a triangle-cut bikini is not sexually enhancing herself because there is nothing to sexually enhance - she is a child. Those who view it as a girl's/woman's responsibility to cater to the male gaze see the girl as doing something wrong because she's trying to sexually enhance herself.

Short shorts can make other people uncomfortable because they can reveal areas that we consider sexually important. The emphasis is placed on the girl to not make others feel uncomfortable, so that adults don't have to consider why they're viewing 11-13 year old children as sexual objects.[/quote]

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