I've visited 4 different countries before, I was born in Brazil, currently live in the United States, have visited Mexico twice before, and have visited Japan once before... and it seems like the question title holds true in all of the aforementioned places.
For formal settings, considering it's not too formal like work or something, women have a heck of a lot more options than men. They can show leg all the way up to mid-thigh, they can show their back, a bit of cleavage, their arms, etc. While all men can really show is hands and face. Plus, even if it
a more strict work environment, women can still show leg below the knee, and show their collarbones, while men can only show hands and face.
Heck, even for casual settings, women in tank tops and crop tops is considered attractive, while men rarely wear them, and women wear shorter shorts than men.
Hell, even when it comes to underwear and swimsuits... some men's underwear go almost to their knee, while the average woman wears underwear that goes right up her butt, like a g-string or a thong. And for swimsuits, for men it's just shorts but shirtless, but for women it's being half naked in public.
And even in the case of celebrities... even if a female celebrity starts out more modest, she's often pushed by the media to wear super revealing clothes, while the same rarely happens for males.
Overall, I'm just wondering why this is so. In the past it actually used to be the opposite, where women wore modest long dresses and looked after the kids, and men went out and hunted shirtless to provide for the family.
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