Would you wear a dress like that (or let your daughter do so)?

[pne]

aka $500 for a piece of string that may stop you from even getting into the prom (barely work-safe).

Apparently, the model in that picture is wearing the dress back-to-front; this is supposedly the dress worn the right way around (from this comment by allah_sulu). As yendi points out, that way of wearing the dress "doesn't require Krazy glue to avoid violating decency laws".

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[catamorphism.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't wear it myself, but if I had a daughter and she wanted to, I'd let her, because I'd hope that any daughters of mine would grow up feeling like they should wear whatever they want without concern with how men will look at them. And because I'd want to taunt her with the photos later on ;-)

In the article, I found the guy's comment "I'd let my daughter wear it if she had the body for it" a little sketchy. Assuming he actually has a daughter. How would *you* feel if your father told a national publication that you didn't have a good enough body?! (I can't decide what's worth, that, or knowing that your father thinks at all about whether you have a good enough body for something...)

[pne.livejournal.com]

I'd hope that any daughters of mine would grow up feeling like they should wear whatever they want without concern with how men will look at them.

As long as she doesn't mind if teenage boys leer at and/or attempt to grab her.

As robnorth said further up, provocative dress != invitation, but many boys (or even men, for that matter) aren't mature enough to disregard this. And I'd say that there aren't that many who can completely disregard it; men and their hormonal responses go a lot on visuals. (Hence the thing about "men prefer good-looking girls to smart girls because they can see better than they can think".)

So if she's self-confident enough to ignore the leers and dexterous enough to fend off the grabs, she can enjoy herself.

[catamorphism.livejournal.com]

I'd also be sending any daughters (or sons) I might have to martial arts classes from any early age, so that wouldn't be an issue :-D

(Hence the thing about "men prefer good-looking girls to smart girls because they can see better than they can think".)

Not that women are particularly different; otherwise "Playgirl" would feature photos taken at the Institute for Advanced Study.