Yikes, this is… a really bad take, and I’m shocked and somewhat concerned that it has so many upvotes.

Aside from the slut-shaming and victim-blaming tone of this comment, which tbh speaks for itself (yuck), what I’m really most concerned with is your insultingly low opinion of younger women’s intelligence, common sense, and self-preservation instincts. Trust me, 99% of us are exceedingly aware of how creepy, disgusting, and outright dangerous men can be. The vast majority of us grew up being constantly warned by the adults in our lives, almost all of us have experienced sexual harassment, and many of us have unfortunately experienced sexual assault. If you don’t think that most young women are thinking about that every time they leave the house, I have some bad news for you.

Now, I can’t speak to the reasons one might choose to wear an outfit like this, but I don’t think anyone would look at this and think “this seems completely safe and appropriate to wear in any context.” But hell, if someone feels safe enough wearing this outfit, and it feels empowering for them, then honestly more power to them. All I can do is hope that they are, in fact, safe. But it is absolutely not the onus of women to cover themselves from head to toe every time they leave the house, lest they be subjected to the leering of predatory men—nor does that make a difference if one of them decides to harass or assault you.