Don ' t have shoes with your house on , and don ' t leave the booze if the sex is gone . <| sep |> It used to be the norm for completely different reasons than the bikini is the norm today . The bikini exists for no other reason than the sexualisation of the public space . Of course we shouldn ' t put an onerous burden on women , especially not in a way that reduces accountability of men the arguments for the niqab come to mind . But we also shouldn ' t be adding fuel to the fire . Especially since we have developed fabrics that are far more comfortable when wet than the old wool swimsuits , and once the fashion industry gets over their mantra that onepiece swimsuits are for fat pigs as this woman did , they are far more stylish . Isn ' t it a bit silly to go out in public wearing something that essentially amounts to nothing but underwear ? I wouldn ' t be surprised if the effect is even worse with bikinis than if we were to revert to swimming nude , given its eyecatching nature and sexual connotations . It definitely has a conditioning effect . If find it shocking that these are even given to children since they so strongly imply secondary sexual characteristics .