apushatayid:
“The sellers are selling what the buyers want.”
And buyers buy what the store sells.
The volley goes both ways. The blame game turns into a ping pong game, and is completely useless.
When we leave the messages about tznius as restrictions, we get pushback from all angles. That’s how the yetzer horah works. The approach to tznius that is more effective in the long run and short run is based on the cherishing and protecting the dignity of the Bas Yisroel and something sanctified and not for public exposure. When we see things that way and pass along this message, we accomplish much more. Meanwhile, our chinuch system and much of the street is obsessed with measurements for hemlines etc., tznius buttons, and other small issues. That shoves the matter back to the yetzer horah’s domain, and things become challenging. No one is looking to demean or bypass halacha. Chas veshalom. But the approach matters.