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Imtotallybored · 20/04/2024 22:45

SuziQuinto · 20/04/2024 18:31

When I was a teenager, you had to hide your bottom. Every girl thought their bum was too big!
I like girls and women reclaiming their arses!

Yes. When I was growing up too big bums were considered the height of ugliness and people obsessed over not wearing something that made their bum look big.

I'm afraid my experienc growing up must have permanently affected me because I still find big bums unattractive and can't understand how people can keep a straight face when they see some of the more extreme ones.

pelotonaddiction · 20/04/2024 22:39

@ItsFuckingBoringFeedingEveryoneUntilYouDie aesthetics mostly
Bigger bum makes your waist look smaller and more of an hourglass figure look
There's a fitness woman on Instagram that has the body I dream of Grin

For me it's for protecting my back so I do loads of hip thrusts, clamshells, all the boring stuff

soundsys · 20/04/2024 22:37

Lots of teens/young women round my way wear them! I think it's a sort of equivalent of wearing a low cut top/showing cleavage?

(I am ancient so not a chance I'm giving them a go, but they do exist out there in real life for sure!)

olderbutwiser · 20/04/2024 22:29

Regularly have to teach cpr to people wearing these. I make sure I’m not standing behind them. Tough on their classmates. If they are not wearing underwear with a robust gusset you can pretty much see the outline of their vulva.

ChiefEverythingOfficer · 20/04/2024 22:29

SuziQuinto · 20/04/2024 18:54

https://uk.ryderwear.com/products/nkd-stonewash-v-scrunch-leggings-pink-stonewash
Only £53!
The model does have a lovely bum.
I have no backside at all 😕

This is not a good look. Bubblegum Barbie wannabee vibes.

Just another example of women feeling the need to meet societal expectations - Victorian Bustle, Scrunch Butt, Wonderbra - nothing is changing.

We don't see men doing this. I despair for girls and women.

Judijudi · 20/04/2024 22:28

Young woman working in a cafe I was in last weekend was wearing them it’s quite distracting 🍑

marmiteoneverything · 20/04/2024 22:28

I saw a young woman wearing them at an airport the other day. Subtly pointed them out to DP as I’d been trying to describe them to him just a couple of days previously. His response was pretty much ‘Why would anyone want to wear those?’ so I confirmed that if I had a bum that good I would wear them to anywhere I could get away with 🙃

Upwiththelark76 · 20/04/2024 22:24

Definitely alive and well on the school playground 🙈insta mums love them

Soontobe60 · 20/04/2024 22:20

Round where I love its mostly teens who wear them, with a crop top, usually in flesh colours so when you first see them from behind you think theyre naked. Grim.

Lucy25 · 20/04/2024 22:19

I’m just cracking up, see what l did there,
with the comments, hilarious.Indeed, just why! Why would you want to wear them😬
Whatever floats your boat l guess.

LadyTiredWinterBottom2 · 20/04/2024 22:17

I work in a public place and l see quite a few young women wearing these style leggings. It's very distracting.

Allfur · 20/04/2024 22:16

I hope they don't start doing front bottom versions

Sunnytwobridges · 20/04/2024 22:16

GridlockedKey · 20/04/2024 18:08

There are some amazing bums in the world and if I had an amazing bum maybe I'd want everyone to look at it. I guess the purpose of these shorts is to draw attention to your arse.

I would too 😂

godmum56 · 20/04/2024 22:11

I saw a very young teen girl wearing these last week. I am not a tutter or victim blamer but I don't think they are appropriate for children

Blueuggboots · 20/04/2024 22:06

I wear a pair to the gym....I'm nearly 50. Fuck it. 🤣

ItsFuckingBoringFeedingEveryoneUntilYouDie · 20/04/2024 21:56

pelotonaddiction · 20/04/2024 21:05

@ItsFuckingBoringFeedingEveryoneUntilYouDie lifting heavy weights
Makes it firmer and strong glutes also protect your back

But how does having strong glutes help you. Seriously, how does building up muscle on your bum do anything other than give you a disproportionately enormous arse? What is anyone doing with this strong bum they have built? Cracking nuts? Getting lids off jars? Or just showing it off?

I am fit, I run, cycle, hike, spend hours gardening and doing other functional type activities. I am strong in general. I just don't see the point of targeting increasing the size of my arse, unless it is some sort of subliminal sexual message from an anthropological perspective. I suspect I am just old and not the target market for a strong bum!

fretville · 20/04/2024 21:53

They're very common. Saw several in the wild today during a short time in a tiny market town. One of the first signs of spring.

Loveskin2024 · 20/04/2024 21:51

I would wear them if I had a nice bum

sanogo · 20/04/2024 21:47

I saw a woman wearing them at a soft play recently. She had a nice arse so I had a look or three

WildRosesForCathy · 20/04/2024 21:36

Lots of women and girls round here wear the legging versions. I can't stand them, or those unitard things. I don't want to see people's arses or the outline of their fanjo when I'm going about my day.

HelpMeUnpickThis · 20/04/2024 21:27

@clearmoon i think you are late to the party. These started during lockdown.

My interpretation (based on their marketing, instagram) are that they are meant to render your DH or DP helpless at the sight of your emphasised buttocks.

PraiseTheSunshine · 20/04/2024 21:19

I've never seen someone wearing them in real life, only online. They don't look very comfortable though 😄

Liz1tummypain · 20/04/2024 21:18

I like big butts and I cannot lie

Puffalicious · 20/04/2024 21:15

EvesamtsirhC · 20/04/2024 18:08

A mum on the school run has these in a nude colour. Always warrants a double take.

We had a teacher from one of our associated primaries wear a nude pair of these (leggings) at an inset day. Seriously. No-one knew where to look. There was a full face of make-up too, so I don't imagine she had been for an early work out.

She can wear what she likes, but others found it a bit much.

MuthaHubbard · 20/04/2024 21:07

Saw a girl today in the centre of Leeds with the long version of these on - in bright pink

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