You know there's some women, and men, who dress attractively cause it makes them feel good. Why do they have to be *** to do that? Where jean shorts isn't even slutty it's just jean shorts. I have a feeling if she was wearing a sailor fuku people wouldn't call her slutty even though those can be far more revealing and at least as far as Japanese things go, are way more sexualized. But because it's supposedly a school uniform it's not slutty, and jean shorts are. I never got those kinds of bias. I think she just looks ready for a nice day shopping on main street. But wtv.
Opinion stated, not gonna discuss it more lets get back to fun stuff.
The topic is a lot more complicated than "They just want to feel good", specially during middle / high school. Dress the way that makes you feel good, sounds so simple, but what if you don't want to wear short clothing? What if you don't want to be showing your entire leg, your bra straps, your stomach, and a number of other things you aren't showing in public? It has NOTHING to do with feeling comfortable with your body, I look fine but I don't want to be walking out in public wearing nothing but a bikini.
"Then don't wear them", would be the obvious response to someone like that, but do you understand the consequences of not conforming? Peer pressure isn't just about drugs and alcohol, or partying. By not wearing clothing that meets the average standard, you could appear less attractive to others because you choose to wear clothing that covers you up more than a girl wearing a short skirt. That pressure
could do two things to them, feel like they are being forced to wear clothing they aren't comfortable wearing, or feeling left out because they refuse to.
It's rare to have a girl wear clothing that covers her up, and doesn't care what anyone thinks about her, because she knows she is beautiful no matter what she is wearing. It's so incredibly difficult to stand your ground based on your opinion, when you have every other girl in your class trying to wear the new hottest thing, flirting with every other guy, talking sexually in public,
just to get noticed, just to be told they are beautiful, when it shouldn't have anything to do with how much skin you're willing to show to others in public.
When people express their distaste for what Cidney is wearing, it's not because we think she doesn't have any right to wear something like that,
even though she is a mechanic working on cars, its because of SE deciding to put her in the spotlight, sacrificing her character to bring customers in. Cidney is most likely the Cid of FFXIV, a character we have had in some way or another in every Final Fantasy game (except 1), and we aren't upset that he's a girl, but because her character was sacrificed for eye candy.