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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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[–] DreamAccountant@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Religions ocntrol sexuality to achieve greater control over society. So, there's a massive religious stigma to topless women. Mostly religious men and women want to keep women covered up.

Older women don't like younger women showing their breasts, due to normal aging. As long as relatively older women have more power than younger women, they'll keep the topless stigma in place.

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

I don't want to be horny all the time seeing women's breasts all the time, not because of religion, quite the opposite. And I didn't really choose to find women's breasts sexual. 🤷‍♂️ I dunno.

[–] TheMadBeagle@lemmy.ml -2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Because you do the want to be horny, women should cover up. Fuck off

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yo, relax. We have calm conversations on Lemmy, this isn't Reddit, let's keep it civil.

I'm saying, I want equality for women, that they too may dress just like us men, and they can in some countries without it being considered a crime or even frowned upon. But I'm just saying that I live in a society where breasts have been sexualized and I'm turned on easily by them. So if women started doing that now where I am, I would become horny. Not by choice. It's a mix of high libido and indoctrination or whatever the word is.