“We need to sex up your wardrobe. What do you mean you’re not comfortable wearing that? Oh honey, don’t be such a prude, all the girls are doing it and you want to be successful don’t you? No one’s going to watch someone that dresses like their grandma.”
I get sick and tired of so called leftists equating exploitation to sexual liberation.
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But yeah, I had the same concerns you did, and they explained themselves that they just weren’t really thinking about how it would come across. Their reaction did seem genuine, if their goal was to cause a struggle they probably would’ve been a lot more combative in the comments and much less apologetic.