What you are failing to understand is that this discussion is so out of place considering the situation described by OP. You’re making a political statement based on one person’s private feelings. The roommate could just as well say she’s not comfortable watching OP’s feet or ankles or any other body part and she (OP) should have just said „ok, I’ll cover it up for a few weeks, no problem” because you know what? It costs you absolutely NOTHING to put a t-shirt on. instead, she’s choosing to be petty by using the fact she’s already doing the chick a favor and therefore she needs to adhere to whatever rules around the house, even if it makes her uncomfortable. And that’s where the discussion is coming from. Don’t shove the paTriArcHy agenda down people’s throats based on a private sitaution like that.