The bikini is not indecent because you say so?
There’s no statute of limitations on indecency, even if a majority of the populace has been so morally anesthetised it can’t remember when it was last capable of protesting against it.
What’s the point of avoiding tan lines, if you’re not just proposing to show as much flesh somewhere else?
Some women wear bikinis because they think they can “win” the game of female objectification. The fact that they have bartered their sexuality for other consideration does mean it represents a healthy self-concept or a social good.
Once upon a time, referring to the sexual mores of the French in a positive way was understood to be a concession of the moral argument in favour of simple hedonism.
Tens of millions of American women and girls, from age 1 to 90+ wear bikinis to the beach. Are they all acting indecently? What, exactly, is indecent about a bikini? It covers the sexual portions of a woman's body.
What’s the point of avoiding tan lines, if you’re not just proposing to show as much flesh somewhere else?
Maybe some women better like the way they look naked with less tanlines? Why do you care? No one is making you wear a bikini. if they are, call the police.
Some women wear bikinis because they think they can “win” the game of female objectification.
Sure. And most wear them for other reasons. You're over-thinking this.
Once upon a time, referring to the sexual mores of the French in a positive way was understood to be a concession of the moral argument in favour of simple hedonism.
You miss the point- toplessness on European beaches isn't about sex for the majority of women who forego their bikini top. Go to a topless beach, even in France, and you'll discover that toplessness is pretty much equal opportunity when it comes to age, body shape, size etc. The context of a topless beach is not sexual.