The concept of sexual display is common among animals, and humans are not an exception. But I don't think it takes a scientist to determine when a woman, or a man, is putting forth a sexual display. The response is what is in question here. I don't think there are many here among us who would disagree that a woman in a see-through negligee is putting forth a display. In a private setting, that activity is completely appropriate. In a public environment, it is inappropriate, and I believe such inappropriate public display tends to demean the displayer in the eyes of the opposite sex.

An argument can be made that such clothing stimulates rape, or doesn't. But I don't think there's really too much argument about what constitutes provocative female attire. Prostitutes generally adopt provocative attire as a uniform and an advertisement.