Arman · 9 answers · 2y

[From the show "This Morning"] Do short skirts invite sexual harassment?

I know this isn't you saying this so bear this in mind.

I'm so sick of the fact that women and girls have come so far and still, the contextualisation of sexual harassment always seem to be narrowed down to what the victim was or was not doing.

May I just say, as a woman with a spectacular rack, when I go out in summer with a tank tap, I invite nada, I just don't want to be sweaty and uncomfortable, I'm not after attention etc.

Yes. Dress for attention. Expect attention. In that context, invite doesn't mean give permission. It means provoke. The question is do mini skirts provoke sexual harassment? The answer is yes. The more provocatively you dress, the more attention you're likely to get. This is common sense but people but are too stupid or scared to acknowledge the obvious. Also, define sexual harassment because nowadays people can be accused of sexual harassment for stupid reasons. Also, women usually only call it sexual harassment if they think the guy is unattractive. Attractive men can get away with more than unattractive men.

If a short skirt would invite this think about people who all their life wear a nude face!!

I don't know. By "invite" if you mean justify, I guess not (though it's ridiculous what can count as "sexual harassment nowadays). If by "invite" you mean "cause to be more likely," then probably, but I don't know, I'd have to see a study or something.

Even when someone with a short skirt sends out an invitation in the mail with a RSVP card with a specific time and place to sexually harass them… Then NO. Not even then.

If you considered looks from strangers sexual harassment, sure. But ultimately no, it does not provide permission for harassment.

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