Maybe because if nobody played the game, the game would end? Who creates "the system" if not the players?
Maybe because by playing the game she is making life harder for you, me, and all the women who come after her?
Men are expected to dress modestly in the workplace. The don't stride about in assless chaps draping themselves over the water-cooler to get ahead. Why should there be a different standard of modesty for women?
Its easy to say that though, and less easy to do it. Not everyone is a crusader going for the big picture. I don't think I blame the people that did not participate in the civil rights rallies because they needed their job to feed their families. I don't blame people that don't donate to world hunger relief companies while they buy groceries themselves. People pick and choose their battles with the world.
NOT wearing cleavage, and dressing modestly, if every woman in the world did it right now and forever on more, would NOT change the fact they are treated differently in the work place. There was a time where wearing cleavage was just not the appropriate thing to do in ANY situation, it was deemed as more than just attention-getting. Women dressed modestly all the time, and were still paid less, hired less, and treated unfairly. So I don't think the cleavage is really the problem or the big issue.. I think people are griping about a lot of nothing. The players are the men, not the women. The game goes on whether you play or not as a woman. I dressed modestly at my work, put just the same amount of hours in as the other hard workers, and I was still frowned upon for not wearing make-up (to the point where my boss bought me a make-up set to use, thinking I just didn't have the money for such things) and not dressing feminine enough in the office. It wasn't about cleavage, or not having it, it was about being a woman in the office. I don't think the standards of how women look should be based on the opinions of others.
But couldn't a business simply fix all of this by having a dress code and enforcing it? Uniforms, dress codes, etc. seem to do the trick just fine.. if you (a business) give people free reign, don't get all pissy and bitchy when someone else's idea of what's appropriate is different from yours. You choose to work where you work. If you want the freedom to wear a polo shirt instead of a tie, I don't think you should feel inconvenienced that a woman is wearing cleavage exposed instead of a cardigan.
Men have never dressed provocatively for attention, so I don't feel it is the same exact comparison. There really isn't a market, a style, or a desire to dress provocatively *anywhere* for men.. So I don't see how it can compare to the subject. If there was a desire within most men to dress more provocatively and expose more flesh, I could see a stance.
My personal opinion is that you are there for work, and your work attire should not attract any attention AT ALL. I prefer uniforms in the work place because everyone looks the same, there's no worrying about what to wear, and there are no gray areas. But if someone showed up to work in a string bikini and everyone allowed it somehow, I really would not be affected what-so-ever. If a man showed up in a speedo, I really wouldn't care either. I'm there for work, not to ogle my teammates. What they wear is irrelevant to me and what I need to do.
People who feel that inconvenienced by others really should find a job where they work alone. People have different opinions and stances on everything. The naked body is a good thing to me. Many pagans feel like nakedness is natural and it is generally accepted, not something to be disgusted at or shocking. Not that I want to see a bunch of people naked at work, but the naked body is not offensive in and of itself. So I don't see how a portion of a body exposed is offensive. People have different opinions. Businesses should fix it however they can if they so desire, otherwise people ought to stop crying about it so much.