"As you can tell from reading this board, men can and do make the choices to wear these things. "
But that's why this board exists, Jim - because they don't and often they can't. If men had the same choices as women, there would be no point in this forum. Yes, a few brave souls come here and talk about it - but we are very much the exception. If you have a job where a suit is required, try your luck wearing a skirt suit. And you can bet that women will have the option of skirts, trousers or dresses - and in a far wider range of colours!
"The "Free the Nipple" movement is a feminist movement."
Indeed. And so is the "Ban Page 3" movement, which seeks to prohibit the exposure of breasts - but only if they are exposed for the pleasure of men. Funny how it has nothing to say on the exposure of men's chests (with great abs, naturally) in women's magazines, TV commercials and so forth. They are hypocrites.
"Yes, sexism hurts both men and women."
I think feminism hurts both men and women far more.
"If you look at wages and rates of sexual assault, men mostly have the advantage."
1. The "pay gap" is a complete myth. It has been busted countless times and now even some feminists are admitting it's a myth:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/christina ... 73804.html
2. There are more female sexual assault victims than male victims, but the difference isn't very wide. A recent survey uncovered that 38 percent of incidents were against men.
http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/ ... ulted.html. However, why trestrict it to sexual assault? Men are vastly more likely to be the victims of non-sexual violence, including murder, than women.
"If you don't like the word feminism for that concept, use equalism or gender equality."
It's not the word that's the problem, Jim - it is the movement itself. Any movement is defined by the words and deeds of its leading figures, and feminism has really become a misandric movement which has no interest in equality. I used to think as you do, but then I was tasked with teaching aspects of feminist theory and so I researched it - and I was horrified at what I discovered. It is essentially a cult, It is intolerant, hateful and deeply misandric.
If you get a moment, watch former radical feminist Prof. Janice Fiamengo explain what modern feminism is really about and why she now calls herself an "antifeminist". It may interest you to know that the antifeminist movement is growing fast and most of its leading exponents aren't old male chauvinist guys: they are young (or middle-aged), highly educated women, like Karen Straughan - and Janice herself.