Froma Harrop
In the summer, boys dress for the warm weather, but girls dress hardly at all. Most high school guys are in baggy shorts, while many of the girls are wearing shorts so short that parts of their rear end remain exposed. The distressed versions with rips and ragged hems are often called Daisy Dukes, after a sexy character who wore them in The Dukes of Hazzard TV series (backstory to follow). They re not a great look even beside a swimming pool, but girls are wearing them on downtown streets.
No matter how fine the girl s character or perfect her figure, the effect is trashy, hollering sexual availability. That the boys checking out the half-naked girls are themselves well covered confers on them superior status. (Do note that I am writing from a hetero point of view.)
Froma Harrop: Any idea how sexist short shorts are?
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