[68skylark]

I’m probably going to miss the mark on this, but there seems to be a huge contrary message in this country. On the one hand there are all the sexual harassment laws and complaints by feminists about the objectification of females. Pushing hard against this is the “other side” which seems to want to display as much sexual image as possible in public as well as in the entertainment medium, regardless of the age of the female.

I think you're on to something. Female Freepers can correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems that the more male behavior becomes constrained (by things like sexual harassment laws and more restrictive social norms), the more women want dress and act more provocatively, to provoke the reaction they want from men.

[Enterprise]

"but it seems that the more male behavior becomes constrained (by things like sexual harassment laws and more restrictive social norms), the more women want dress and act more provocatively"

That's why I missed the mark. I was trying to say something like that!