Maybe one reason for the idea that most women are considered to be sex objects is the way that too many women dress. Both men and women wear shorts in the summer, but men typically wear knee-length shorts. Women — well, it seems that lots of them can’t get them any shorter.
Men and women play basketball and volleyball. Look at the difference in dress. So as long as lots of women dress in such a way that draws public attention to their private parts, it is hardly surprising that lots of men think that such dress suggests a lustful willingness to get sexually involved. I don’t buy the alleged need for more skin exposure for proper ventilation. Male basketball players used to wear shorter shorts, but now they are knee-length. I suspect a major reason is comfort — when you’re sweaty, it’s more comfortable to have long shorts especially when sitting on the bench.
Modesty has traditionally been considered the handmaid to chastity.
John Kippley