In an age when men are being fired up more and more by pornography should women think more carefully about what they wear?
The Shiek surely thinks so when he referred to Australian women as being like "uncovered meat".
A male christian friend of mine also says he has trouble in shopping centres with all of the boosums hanging out and with dresses half way up the backside.
Slinky gym gear likewise seems to have the potential to encourage disrespectful thoughts in many men and dare I say it, once again, probably encourages the sex criminal.
Do you think designers could be more discrete in what they design? Are some adding to the crime rate by establishing a vamp thinking in young girls?
Should the average woman think twice before putting on enticing clothing?
Even for her own safety?
Surely we dont need any more sex encouragements in society.

Dear Gibo,

Visual excitation is often involved in normal sexual activity, so a natural question is whether provocation via attire is one of many factors in rape and molestation.

A recent study was done in the US which invited expert opinions by mail from 1,769 randomly selected US psychiatrists. Of these 581 (33%) from 50 states replied via completed questionnaires. A highly significant majority of both sexes concluded that what a young female wears may affect her risk.

An important variable is whether the attire invites direct sex attention.

Another majority conclusion stated that provocation by revealing attire may result in resentment by some males, who perceive it as uncaring teasing by females.

Therefore parental awareness of these insights might reduce the risk for young females.

Maybe women could wear what they like and men could wear blindfolds?

I agree Foxy about revealing attire creating resentment.
I remember as a young man, before I got married and before my born again christian years, feeling just that at times because of the clothing girls wore.
A sort of a left out kind of feeling.
I guess that can be normal though for young guys, lonely and wanting a life companion but not finding one at that stage.
Some girls do tease, though I know its not all by any means.
The slinky gym gear gives me problems and I frequently have to avert my eyes these days (a part of the christian walk) and I wonder "why not just change at the gym".
It would be less provocative for the those men who give in to the lust factor.
Theres some bad boys out there today because of the porn. The Lord protect the women of this age.

My gripe is with shop owners who leave their cash registers in plain view, thus encouraging armed robbers, and the home owners who allow any passing stranger to see into their living room and be moved to burgle the house out of jealousy over their wonderful appliances.

Such arguments are nonsensical, but I've written before that for single men, the frustration of seeing beautiful but unattainable women in public can border on physical pain. But to use that as a justification for burqa-ising women is just flat-out primitive. What else? Should rich, handsome men be required to dress like paupers and grow terrible beards to avoid encouraging gold-digging trophy wives?

Our DNA screams at us to mate with as many healthy females as possible, but dictating how women dress is simply not on in a civilised society. Control yourselves, gentlemen.

Anyone else ever notice how fundamentalists, regardless of which religion, seem to have similar hangups and yet they're all at each other's throats?

So... Gibo. You're saying Sheik Hilaly was on to something with his 'uncovered meat' comments then? Or will you only accept that same rhetoric, when it comes from proper Christian spokespeople?