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Am I being prudish, or do I have a point?

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AmIJustAPrude · 08/01/2025 09:39

NC for this.

I've just sent the following email to a company I ordered underwear from:

I've just received my order confirmation and was quite shocked by the accompanying image. I don't want to screenshot it to resend, so hopefully you can work out the image I mean: it is of two women/girls lying on their fronts outside wearing black pants.

The woman (I hope) or girl on the left is very thin, which immediately made me assume she was a teenager. One of her breasts is clearly visible.

I'm not prudish about breasts at all, but it made me extremely uncomfortable to receive an image of what appears to be an almost-naked teenage girl. Given you also sell bras, it seems totally unnecessary for her to be completely topless.

I recommend you review the images you send out to your customers, as this has put me off using your company again.

As I say, I don't have an issue with breasts- I've breastfed in public many a time. It was mainly the fact that, based on her body shape, the woman/girl in the photo looks very young (post-pubescent, but pre-adult) and the exposed breast was completely unnecessary.

So what do you think: did I overreact?

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Rickrolypoly · 08/01/2025 09:45

it's hard to know without seeing the image. Can you see her full breast?

This is the weirdest thing I've ever done, but here you go!

She's on her front but propped up, so it's an angled side view, but you can see nipple.

Am I being prudish, or do I have a point?
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WhingeInTheWillows · 08/01/2025 09:52

YANBU. Why does everything have to have nudity, usually female, or invole sex in some form? Selling a pair of shoes = half naked woman. Selling ice cream = suggestive licking. I get that selling underwear involves showing people in their undies but no need for nudity or sexual suggestiveness.

Startinganew32 · 08/01/2025 09:52

Why would you assume she was a teenager just because she was thin? Lots of models look like that well into their 20s or even older. Why don’t you tell us the company or send a link to the image and we can judge for ourselves?

Ablondiebutagoody · 08/01/2025 09:47

Hard to say without seeing the picture but women are allowed to be thin and have boobs. Presumably it was just a bit of side boob in the picture. In which case, no big deal

Rickrolypoly · 08/01/2025 09:45

it's hard to know without seeing the image. Can you see her full breast?

FerretChops · 08/01/2025 09:43

Not Snag is it? They're well known for their weird fetish type advertising, with either men in tights or very large women in stockings etc

tanstaafl · 08/01/2025 09:43

I applaud your actions OP.
I’m interested how the replies will go.

I take it this wasn’t M&S 😀

Edenmum2 · 08/01/2025 09:42

What company is it?

AdoraBell · 08/01/2025 09:41

YANBU.

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