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[–] fleas ago 

Men and women have different secondary sexual characteristics and their wardrobes reflect that

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[–] TinyTinaTrumpsAll ago 

A lot of this has to do with women's fashion in general. Many of our pants do not have large, functional pockets and are designed to hug our bodies to show off our figures. Many women's t-shirts have sleeves that are designed to be shorter/higher up than men's t-shirts. Most of our clothing is cut so that it accentuates our body, and I think a lot of that just has to do with the culture (I'm from the US so this may vary in other countries).

In the US sex is used in many forms of advertisements, and it's reflected in women's fashion designs as well. A lot of the trendy fashion that is in magazines is mimicked in the department stores in the everyday section. You can find less revealing clothing, but it's generally easiest to find in business attire and formal sections. Most women don't want to wear formal/business attire all the time or in casual settings, so the casual fashion (that is generally more revealing) is more common in casual public settings.

In general, the revealing clothing is more appealing to buy, because it looks better or is more comfortable. For example, I like to wear bright colors and many bright colored shirts are low cut or very tight. It's just how they're sold in the department stores near me.

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[–] Dimwit_the_Wise ago 

One reason is that in many cultures, the woman attracts and the man pursues. With shifting ideals towards an egalitarian viewpoint, the societal roles of who pursues who can be changing, but generally speaking there is still a attraction/pursuit dynamic.

One other factor could be the primal instincts of what each would be looking for in a mate. That can often be simplified into men want beauty and women want wealth/security. Obviously, those notions are far incomplete as descriptors, but there are patterns in behavior of both sexes that show some level of correlation.

In simple terms, it's why the makeup/beauty/lingerie are billion dollar industries and why cars, homes, and wealth/job can be seen as status symbols.

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[–] Arotaes_Forgehammer 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Guys define themselves by what they do. Most women define themselves by how they look.

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[–] DjangoRed 0 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago 

I think a more accurate way of saying this is "Women are attracted to what men do, men are attracted to how women look".

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[–] eixan [S] ago 

My subway example was to to highlight that even normal street clothing for women has a sexual element

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[–] doctor_cucumber 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Agreed. Heterosexual culture is probably a big perpetuator of the trend OP is noticing. /u/Arotaes_Forgehammer's vast generalization about women and men is vast and generalizing.

In addition, I must bring up the point that men are legally free to go shirtless in public and often do, at least where I'm from- a college town in the US. There may be some biases to OP's perception.

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[–] Koah 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

You know the answer to this already.

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[–] iko 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Helpful response.

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[–] Koah 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

It actually was pretty helpful.