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Men can take their shirts off for hot days and exercise. Why can't women do the same in 2025? (pawb.social)

submitted 1 week ago by Wahots@pawb.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Aside from men being horny in the 1800s, and this being a holdover since that time, is there any actual reason why this hasn't changed?

If society was dominated by women, would this be more likely to change?

I was sweating my ass off hiking in the hot sun, and the question has been bothering me all day after my top soaked through with sweat.

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[–] MoonManKipper@lemmy.world 92 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They also don’t want to be photographed and end up with their tits all over social media. Places where this used to be routine (European beaches and so on) there is a lot less of this than 30 years ago. Another thing mobiles phones and social media have made worse

[–] danekrae@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

My mom seemed to always have them out.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 32 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And we all loved her for that.

[–] ook@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 week ago

Giving the perfect example why this is not done