It is no secret that women bodies are used as a sex symbol. We see scantily dressed women on the streets, movies, advertisements, everywhere. Some men, probably most, see women in relation to what there body looks like. Potentially they might be looking to see what the body looks like minus the clothes. A simple sweater and skirt can turn into a sweater that is perhaps see through or the skirt just a little too short. Women wear certain clothing to accentuate their body-causing attention to themselves. By wearing these clothes you are asking for attention and playing into a stereotype that allows men to continuously look at females the way they do. Your dress is an image about yourself-one that you are sharing with the public. People will see you only as you want to be seen. Or in some men case-they will see you only as they envision what they want you to look like/wear.
Mickey Spillane, The Snake (Bath: Chivers Press, 1964), page 97
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