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If you have consent, sure.
Wearing a skirt implies consent. Clothes (or lack of them) are a form of communication. For example, my well-endowed wife wears revealing clothes if she feels comfortable with the attention and if it is an appropriate time to do so. On the other hand, if she has a business meeting at the office (especially important during meetings with people from other cultures), she will never do so, because that way she would send an inappropriate message. In this way, she takes responsibility for her behavior.
What happens if she puts on a skirt in the morning because she wants attention, but then at lunchtime an alt-right podcaster sexually assaults her, and then in the afternoon she's still in the skirt even though she's currently feeling traumatized and completely repulsed by any and all sexual attention?
Many such cases!
In your 'what if' scenario the victim should be taken care of and away from trying to work or interact with the public in that manner.
Unless the victim doesn't think it's as bad as we do and they are fine with the attention afterwards. Either way that's probably their choice. Stop taking away their choice.
What if she's taking the train home so she can go watch The Good Place and cry and hug her husband? And what if I'm also taking the train, and I end up on the escalator behind her?
I would assume they would be fine with you following her on an escalator as long as you're not being a creep. There are a bunch of different ways to act between staring at the floor and trying sexually assault someone.