This (the screencapped tweet) is such a dishonest framing of what happened. They weren't measuring the length of those women's swimsuits cause dudes would get boners if it was 1/4 inch short. They set a concrete, objective standard.
People push up on the standard to destroy it.

https://twitter.com/HariSel57511397/status/2047011184931385790

So the ladies who want to push the boundaries wear something that's just a liiiittle shorter than the standard. The people who want no standard say, "Isn't this ridiculous?" Then it gets a little shorter. A little shorter.
Deconstruction to nothing by inches. We've all seen it.