This is why conservative Christianity and Islam covered up their women. It wasn't just to protect the women. It was also to protect the men from becoming pathetic at the mere sight of a nice firm, juicy, plump, round, rotund, delicious piece of azz.
I would put it the other way. Requiring "protection" from becoming pathetic at the mere hint of sex(uality), is in itself pathetic. In many cultures it has been the case that women walk around with
less covering, not more... In Polynesia for example that was the way it worked, until the christian missionairies got there. And besides mens' selfcontrol, I also think such practices work through desensitising.
Externalising the blame on to uncovered women is to me just another symptom of male weakness.
And here is the key: If men took control of themselves and stopped being pathetic with women, womens' behavior
would resolve by itself as they would cease being rewarded for trying to get attention - men just wouldn't care, or would make the effort to not care, until ignoring it would be second nature. And that fact of resolving by itself in such a case, is what proves how mens' weakness is the root cause of the problem. Men would see women as just mammals with secondary sexual characteristics like themselves, that can be sexually attractive, but humiliating and pathetic as a man to be controlled by.
Covering women up on the other hand is to merely "cover up" the male weakness which is the root of the problem, which also means it won't go away, it will just express itself in a new shape. Women respect men who respect themselves, and who take accountability for themselves. They certainly won't respect men who are so weak that they cry about needing "protection" from women.