What is socially acceptable about policing the bodies of others?

Giving someone advice about fashion or hairstyles is different from policing someone else's body, but there's obviously a line there that we need to retain awareness of.

Social rules are means to enforce standards of behavior. If you look to Japan, you can see the benefits of such a system of stringent social controls. Relative harmony.

Meanwhile, in the U.S., we are very free relative to the rest of the world. You can do and be whatever you wanna do or be. Like shoot up a school. That rampant individualism leads to fracturing the cohesiveness of society.

There are benefits to chaos and a great deal of individuality, but significantly fewer than maintaining the status quo.

All in my humble opinion, of course.

I don't usually comment on anyone's appearance unless I know them personally, but I will occasionally mention things to a stranger if it seems unintentional and I can help keep them from getting into a potentially embarrassing situation. I would never walk up to someone just to tell them that I didn't like something about the way that they looked. That's none of my business.

I don't think it is unless your asked for your opinion or say you have young children with you and there is someone wearing there pants hanging at half mass showing crack, then I think saying something is ok.

I'm used to it but most of my work is on a military installation

Nothing about that is acceptable. We make fun of the fashion police, and the fat Nazi's, and all the other various types of far left progressive control freaks who have suddenly become a huge segment of the population, wishing to bully and control what others eat, what they wear, and how much they weigh.

I would never make a statement concerning another person's choices. It is not my concern nor do I have this right.

It toes a fine line between friendly advice/tips and policing so people think it's safe

I wouldn’t unless asked. Some really want to know.

Yes

The only circumstance [b]might[/b] be an employer wanting his or her business to project a certain image or attract a certain clientele. They could control someone else’s dress or appearance only in terms of choosing whom they hired, or a stated dress code.