Women have stated they dress like this for 2 main reasons: themselves to feel sexy and to catch attention. In order to feel sexy you have to be noticed. Obviously creepiness is not the same kind of attention they are looking for so NO dressing like this does NOT mean men can gawk etc HOWEVER women should understand this is opening themselves up to realistic responses as if a man were to walk around in tight clothes or sweatpants that displayed their “length”.
I think women are trying to emphasize the difference between sexual attraction and just attraction in general. They or most believe you can find something attractive while not really making it sexual at the same time. Ex. A woman finding a shirtless man attractive but not sexual and just admiring the fact that he looks good. Now generally if you make any sort of comment on another persons clothes being attractive in a relationship to your girl about another girl she’s probably going to get upset
If they are wearing this to catch attention, they are looking for the same kind of attention a significant would provide but they should understand, again, this is opening themselves up to realistic responses because they are not doing this for their partner alone and instead are displaying it to the public.
I’ve seen a lot of women say some very sexually charged things about men they find attractive in public and online, not all men or women act the same. Obviously it’s much more common for men to take it too far but the point is that it’s ok to be sexually attracted to someone, not ok to assume that they’re dressing that way because they want you to harass or assault them