ED 262 mylineONLINE: Gender, Sexism, & Sexual Orientations

What is cultural acceptable varies over time and space.  This particular issue may seem silly now, but it is a reminder that the norms of the here and now, might have been seen as revolutionary or scandalous in a different time and place.  Cultures and customs are socially mediated and those processes creates cultural norms--norms are continually enforced, resisted and reshaped.  

Currently in many Asian countries women showing any skin is looked down upon or even illegal. Now social trends have changed and shorts in Westernized civilizations have allowed the use of shorts.