[Citizen Blade]

Like I said earlier, in my experience, the people that have issues with these ads actually have inner issues that they need to deal with themselves, but instead project their insecurities onto everyone else.

The women in the Victoria's Secret ads in the mall aren't wearing anything more skimpy than what you would expect to see at the beach. And the Abercrombie ads aren't even that flesh-revealing.

I'm not sure I see the issue, personally.

[Philo-Junius]

With respect, citing beach culture as a defence of mall culture is like saying that the Chicago Fire wasn’t much different than the San Francisco Earthquake.

The point of the bikini is sexual transgression, not athletic performance—that’s why it was named after a thermonuclear test site.